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Survey of English Place-Names

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Buttersyke

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Overblow

Historical Forms

  • Buttersike 1577 Spoff

Etymology

, 1775EnclA 13 , Buttersike 1577 Spoff , v. butere , sīc , probably ' a stream in good pasture-land ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name