English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Buxworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside

Historical Forms

  • Buggisworth(e), Bugg(e)sworth(e), Bugg(e)sword 1275 RH 1275 For 1306 Ass
  • Boggesw(o)rth(e) 1285 For 1292 Ipm
  • Bougesworth 1285 For

Etymology

Ekwall (DEPN) can hardly be correct in taking the first element as OE  pers.n. *Buduc . It is more likely to be an unrecorded OE  pers.n. *Bucg , cf. Bucga and Bucge (Redin 74, 115). Hence 'Bucg's enclosure', v. worð . The change from Bugsworth to Buxworth was a deliberate one, taking place about 1930. Cf. Buckden (PN BedHu 252–3).