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Survey of London
… can be traced across the neighbouring fields to Newington Butts. Rocque's map of 1761 shows the old path and a new …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rectors of the parish. Newington (St. Mary), or Newington-Butts NEWINGTON ( St. Mary), or Newington-Butts, a parish, in the E. division of the hundred of Brixton … other parishes of the name of Newington, from the shooting butts anciently erected here. By the addition of numerous …
Old and New London
… from the "Elephant and Castle," is called Newington Butts, which, writes Northouck, is thought to have been so designated, "from the exercise of shooting at the butts which was practised there, as in other parts of the … are of opinion that the derivation is from the family of Butts, or Buts, who owned an estate here. The "Elephant and …
The Environs of London
… Newington Butts NEWINGTON BUTTS. This place is not mentioned in the Conqueror's Survey, … doubt but that it received its additional name from the butts placed there for archers to shoot at. The first record, …
Survey of London
… unimpaired. The Metropolitan Tabernacle in Newington Butts was designed by W. W. Pocock (181399) and cost just …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… may have been taken from the tillage, and in 1748 four butts of land there were described as lying in a flatt. 31 …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Brockhams was mentioned in 1800; 1 Brockhams, Martla Butts, and Mean Piece were dealt with at inclosure in 1809, …