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.

Buckholt Inclosure

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • le Bokholt(e), la Bokholt(e) 1282 For
  • le Buckold 1568 ib
  • Buckold more 1642 Comm
  • Buckholt Moor 1762 ib

Etymology

Buckholt Inclosure, le Bokholt (e ), la Bokholt (e )1282For , le Buckold 1568 ib, Buckold more 1642Comm , Buckholt Moor 1762 ib. 'Beech wood', v. bōc 1 , holt , cf. Buckholt (i, 158, ii, 198 supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement