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.

Buckland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Braunton

Historical Forms

  • Bochelant 1086 DB
  • Bokelaunde Kayllou 1301 Ipm
  • Parva Boclond 1303 FA

Etymology

v. bocland . Adam Cayllo held the manor in 1303.

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