Buttermere
Major Settlement in the Parish of Buttermere
Historical Forms
- Butermere 863 BCS508 12th
- (æt) Buter mere 931 ib
- Bwtermæræ t.Wm1 BM
- Butremare 1086 DB
- Butremere 1199 FF 1249 Ass 1259 Cl
- Buttermere 12th BCS508,1268
- Buttermare 1276 Ass
- Botermere 1276,1278 FF 1308 Sarum
- Boturmere 1440 Pat
Etymology
Literally 'butter mere or pond,' v. mere . The reason for the name is not certain. It probably has reference to the colour of the water as in buterw (y )elle (KCD 813) and Butter Hill (Fd) in Hankerton infra 462.