The stone bridge in Two Butt Lane carried travellers from Prescot to Sutton over the brook which marked the northerly boundary of the parish of Rainhill
Before the turnpike system was introduced, local roads were often in a poor state of repair. People travelled on foot or by horseback whilst goods were conveyed by pack-horse or by horse-drawn wagons.
The derivation of ‘Butt’ is thought to mean the edge of a field – the Butt being raised above the field level and a track adjoining the Butt. ‘Two Butt’ would therefore suggest a track in-between two raised Butts (or embankments).
