English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Button Snap

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westmill

Etymology

Button Snap (6″) is the name of a small property once belonging to Charles Lamb. The name was probably given to it by Lamb himself (cf. VCH iii, 398). See Addenda xliii.