Buttermere is a tiny village and civil parish at the eastern edge of the English county of Wiltshire. It stands above the steep escarpment of Ham Hill, and at 250 metres above sea level it is the highest village in Wiltshire and probably the highest in Wessex.

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	Buttermere, Wiltshire - Definition, explanation (193 words) Buttermere is a tiny village and civil parish at the eastern edge of the English county of Wiltshire. It stands above the steep escarpment of Ham Hill, and at 250 metres above sea level it is the highest village in Wiltshire and probably the highest in Wessex. Buttermere is a civil parish governed by a parish meeting, a form of governance only adopted for very small parishes. Buttermere | British History Online (3813 words) The parish church stands near the centre of Buttermere's land, the boundaries of which were given in the mid 9th century; (fn. In 1377 Buttermere had 6 poll-tax payers and was one of the least populous places in Wiltshire. Buttermere is a hill-top village standing on the clay on generally level ground above the escarpment called Ham Hill.
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