In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Butterwick like this:

BUTTERWICK, a township in Barton-le-Street parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Rye, 4½ miles NW of New Malton. Acres, 640. Real property, £975. Pop., 79. Houses, 16. It forms a curacy with Bartonle-Street.

Butterwick through time

Butterwick is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Butterwick itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Butterwick, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11913

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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