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Butter-beach Clough

valley · Lancashire

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name combines 'butter-beach' with 'clough'. It might refer to a beach where butter was traded or a stream running through a ravine near a beach.

Word origins

Butter-beach
Old Englishbeach associated with butter(from butere "butter", bæc "beach, shore")
Clough
Old Norseravine, steep valley(from klǫf "cloven rock, ravine")