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Survey of English Place-Names

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Butterfield Gap

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Butterfield 17 PRClp

Etymology

, 1618 PRClp , named from the local family of Butterfield (17 PRClpfreq ) , v. gap ' opening in a wallor fence ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement