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.

Butterton Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Tideswell

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. Butterton 1821EnclA , probably a transferred name from Butterton St . Thomas Meverell , lord of the manor of Tideswell , held land in Butterton ( 1473AddCh ) .