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Butter Haw Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Gargrave

Historical Forms

  • Buterhale 1200–16 Furn
  • Butterhole 1272 FF
  • Butterowe 1609 YDi
  • Buttery 1713 Temp

Etymology

, 1843TA , Buterhale 1200–16 Furn, Butterhole 1272 FF, Butterowe 1609 YD i,Buttery 1713Temp 225 , ' rich, butter-producing nook of land ' , v. butere , halh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site