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.
Survey of English place-names
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Butts Close
Butts Close
Other OS name in the Parish of Hitchin
Historical Forms
Butt close
1556
AOMB
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is
Butt
close
1556
AOMB
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Oughton Head
Wratten
Bearton Green
Purwell Mill
Charlton
Highover Fm
Walsworth
Other OS name
Benslow
Burford Ray Bridge
Chalkdell Nursery
Duckland Cottages
Foxholes
Hagdell Ho and Hagdellshot Cottage
Moormead Hill
Priory Park
Riddy Shott
Rosenburg
Tatmorehills
Whinbush Grove
White Hill Fm
Major Settlement
Hitchin