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.

Butter Gill(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Asby

Historical Forms

  • Butt'Keldhou, Butt'Keldlandes 1295 Lowth

Etymology

( lost ) , 1865 OS , Butt 'Keldhou , Butt 'Keldlandes 1295Lowth , ' butter springor well ' , v. butere , kelda , probably one used for cooling butter , cf. Butterwell ( G1 ii , 183 ) .