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")