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.

Budby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Perlethorpe cum Budby

Historical Forms

  • Butebi 1086 DB
  • Buteby 1275 RH 1303 Welbeck 1316 FA 1335 For
  • Buttebi 1168 P
  • Butheby 1234 Ch
  • Butteby 1280 Ass 1287,1294 For 1330 Ass
  • Boteby 13th Blyth 1252,1276,1287,1297,1335 For 1280 Ass 1316 FF 1333 SR
  • Botebi 13th Welbeck
  • Botheby t.Ed1 For 16th SR 1327
  • Botteby 1340 Ass
  • Budby 1433 IpmR
  • Budeby 1444 Penshurst

Etymology

There is adequate evidence for a Scand  personal name Botti , Butti . Cf. Botti , Butti (GP 48), Botte , Butte (Lundgren 33, 41).