Butterwick is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

about 6 miles from Pickering, now in the parish of

Barton-le-Street Barton-le-Street is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 186 reducing to 170 at the 2011 Census. It is located about five miles west of Ma ...

, in the

Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inha ...

district, in the county of

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 41. Butterwick has a church called Holy Epiphany.

History

The name "Butterwick" means 'Butter (specialised) farm'. Butterwick was ''Butruic'' in the 11th century, ''Buterwic'' in the 12th century and ''Boterwik'' in the 14th century. Butterwick was formerly a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in the parish of Barton-le-Street, in 1866 Butterwick became a civil parish in its own right.

References

Villages in North Yorkshire Former civil parishes in North Yorkshire Ryedale {{Ryedale-geo-stub