Budleigh
Early-attested site in the Parish of Moretonhampstead
Historical Forms
- atte Bothele 1330 SR
- atte Bothele 1333 SR
Etymology
This may be the OE boðl , 'building,' though that element has not hitherto been noted in South Country place-names. We have, further, Buddelhayes (infra 631), Buddlehay in Wiveliscombe (So), Botheleheye in 1327SR (p), Buddie Oak in Halse (So), atte Bothele 1327SR (p), and Buddie in Fordingbridge (Ha), la Bothele 1305Ass .