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Butterton
Butterton is an isolated but very picturesque Staffordshire village, situated high up on moorland close to the manifold valley. The `ton` or `tun` part of Butterton is a common anglo-saxon prefix indicating an enclosure, small farm or hamlet.
The church of St Bartholomew has a very tall spire which dominates the local landscape. The spire is one of the newest in he Peak having only been built in the late 19th century. The church itself has a register, used since 1670, and a 14th century font. There is also a memorial plaque to Joseph Wood, Rowland Cantrill and William Hambleton who all died trying unsuccessfully to rescue a Joseph Shenton from a disused mine shaft in 1842.
There are some very attractive stone houses with pretty gardens, a shop cum post-office and a local pub called the Black Lion which has a beer garden and serves bar meals and snacks, that provides the perfect rest stop for those enjoying both Peak district Walking and Peak District Cycling.
Butterton, along with the nearby Grindon, lies on the old packhorse route designed for carrying ore from the copper mines at Ecton.
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