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Butts Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, 1843O.S. , v. butt 2 ' an archery butt ' , grēne 2 ; doubtless archery was practised here after 1549 when the act was passed to arm all men under 60 with bows and arrows and ordered butts to be made .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name