BUTSFIELD, a township in that part of the parish
of LANCHESTER which is in the western division of
CHESTER ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 11 miles
(W. by N.) from Durham, containing 226 inhabitants.'
Two Roman aqueducts, for supplying the station at
Lanchester, may be traced in the neighbourhood, particularly
in the grounds belonging to Thomas White, Esq.,
who, on the enclosure of the common lands, purchased
a part which was sold to defray the expense incurred
in carrying the act into effect, and out of a barren'
waste, in the course of a few years, has raised the
thriving and well-planted estate of Woodlands.