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Butt Hills

Other OS name in the Parish of Bridlington

Etymology

. Cf. Keldebuttes 13th Bridl . From ME  butte used of ' earthenmounds (for archery, etc.) ' and of ' ridges or strips of land in afield . ' In the compound butt-hill the former meaning is usual , as here . v. kelda ' spring , ' which may refer to one or other of the chalybeate springs which formerly attracted visitors ( v. Langd147 ) .

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