Bugbrooke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bugbrooke
Historical Forms
- Buchebroc 1086 DB 1359 Ipm
- Buchebroch 1086 DB
- Buttebroc c.1175 Dunstable
- Butebroc 1194 P 1206 Cur
- Buddebroc 1195 Abbr
- Bockebrok 1247 Ass 1293 Ipm 1330 FA
- Bukbrok 1332 Cl
- Bucbroke 1428 FA
- Boogbrooke 1595 NRSiii
- Bugbroke al. Budbroke 1598 Recov
Etymology
'Brook of the bucks' (v. bucc ) or 'of the goats' (v. bucca ), or of a man named Bucca .