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.

Bitterlands

Other OS name in the Parish of Westbury on Severn

Historical Forms

  • Butreland 1420 MinAcct
  • Byttyrlond 1492 GlR

Etymology

, Butreland 1420MinAcct , Byttyrlond 1492 GlR , probably ' rich,butter-producing land ' , v. butere , land , with fronting of - u - to - i - before the dental as in Bitterley (He 20) , cf. Phonol. § 29 .