The Berwick stitch is a form of blanket stitch, whereby a tight knot is made at the lower edge of the stitch, in order to firmly fix the stitch in place. The first time the name of Berwick stitch was used was in Anne Butler (Anne Morrell), The Batford Encyclopaedia of Embroidery Stitches (1983). The stitch was named by the author after the street in Manchester, where she was living at the time.