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Butcher's Common

village · Norfolk

Old EnglishAI-generated

This place name likely derives from an Old English personal name and the word 'cumb', meaning a valley. It refers to a common or open area of land associated with a person named 'Butor'.

Word origins

Butcher
Old EnglishButcher(from Būtere "butter", -ere "agent suffix")
Common
Old Englishcommon land(from cūmen "common")