Buttermere

Other current and historical names

Butremere
Butremare

Parish/Community: Buttermere
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'1"N 1°30'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 433903, 161384
OS Grid: SU339613
Mapcode Local: GBR 70Z.7WV
Mapcode Global: VHC25.PBN1

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Buttermere within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Buttermere in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Buttermere, par., S. Wilts, on border of co., 4¾ m. S. of Hungerford, 1502 ac., pop. 129.

Buttermere in the Domesday Book

A village in Kinwardstone hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, eight
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Waleran the hunter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ascelin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ansketil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1086
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Taxable Value: 0 geld

British Place Names

Buttermere, Wiltshire

Buttermere is a hamlet in Wiltshire

Buttermere in historic gazetteers

Buttermere in the Domesday Book