Butterwick
Butterwick is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the southeast of Fishburn. Butterwick is first mentioned in 1131, when it was called 'Boterwyck' meaning the butter or dairy farm.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Sedgefield, County Durham, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Butterwick, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sedgefield Library and Church of St Edmund.
Sedgefield Library
Library
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sedgefield Library is situated 2 miles west of Butterwick.
Church of St Edmund
Church
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Edmund is a Church of England parish church in Sedgefield, County Durham. The church is a Grade I listed building and dates from the 13th century. Church of St Edmund is situated 2 miles west of Butterwick.
St Catherine
Church
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Catherine is a church, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Butterwick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sedgefield and Fishburn.
Sedgefield
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sedgefield is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It had a population of 4,986 in the 2021 census. It has the only operating racecourse in County Durham. Sedgefield is situated 2 miles west of Butterwick.
Fishburn
Village
Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fishburn is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about 12 miles west of Hartlepool. The population was 2,454, increasing to 2,588 at the 2011 Census. Fishburn is situated 2 miles northwest of Butterwick.
Thorpe Larches
Hamlet
Photo: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorpe Larches is a small hamlet in County Durham in North East England, situated between Sedgefield and Stockton-on-Tees. There are approximately 21 buildings, 19 of which are houses, and the other two a car garage and a packaging warehouse. Thorpe Larches is situated 2½ miles south of Butterwick.
Butterwick
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Sedgefield, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.66163° or 54° 39′ 42″ northLongitude
-1.40169° or 1° 24′ 6″ westElevation
315 feet (96 metres)Open location code
9C6WMH6X+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 13024674954OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Butterwick” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Butterwick, County Durham”
- French: “Butterwick”
- Irish: “Butterwick”
- Polish: “Butterwick (Durham)”
- Polish: “Butterwick”
- Welsh: “Butterwick, Swydd Durham”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Butterwick”. Photo: Roberto Strauss, CC BY 2.0.