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Survey of English Place-Names

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Burn Butts

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watton

Historical Forms

  • Burn(e)butts 1551 MinAcct 1650 ParlSurv 1828 Langd

Etymology

Burn Butts [bɔnbuts] is Burn (e )butts 1551MinAcct , 1650 ParlSurv, 1828 Langd. Possibly from brende 'burnt' and ME  butte 'tree-stump.' Cf. Burn Stocks infra 239.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement