Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lautune 1086 DB

• Lauton 1278 Ipm l13 Dav 1299 Ch 1304 ChF 1561 ChRR

• Buggelauton 1287 Court 1312 BW 1334 Plea 1340 Eyre 1359 Pat

• Boggelauton 1337 Plea 1343 Bark

• Buglauton 1357 ChTourn 1399 Plea

• Buglaweton 1434 ib

• Buglawton 1468 ib

• Buglawton alias Buglaughton 1549 Orm2

• Buglaton 1516 Sheaf

• Buglaughton 1526 ib

• Bugglaton 1547 ChRR

• Bucglauton 1454 AddRoll

• Bugleton 1487 MinAcct

• Buklawton 1527 Plea

• Bugland 1547 ChRR

• Burglawtone alias Burglaughtone 1567 AddCh

• Lawton Hollows 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Farm by a mound', v. hlāw , tūn , cf. Lowe Fm infra . The original form survives in Lawton Hollows 1831 Bry, v. Hollows infra , and was current in local usage down to the nineteenth century. The affix is bugge 'a hob-goblin' and distinguishes this place from Church Lawton 320 infra , cf. Buglaw 1191.