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 Dolton

Historical Forms

  • Bocchelanda 1086 DB
  • Boclond White juxta Doghelton 1364 Ass
  • Buckeland 1504 Ipm

Etymology

v. bocland . Richard le Wyte held the manor in 1303 (FA).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement