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.

Butterhills

Other OS name in the Parish of Knaresborough

Historical Forms

  • Buttrehill 1388 MinAcct
  • Butterhill 1409 ib
  • Boturhull 1439,1475 ib

Etymology

, 1817 M , Buttrehill 1388MinAcct , Butterhill 1409 ib, Boturhull 1439, 1475 ib , ' hill with rich, butter-producing pasture ' , v. butere , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name