Boughton Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Weekley
Historical Forms
- Boctone 1086 DB
- Boketon 12th Survey
- Bohtun 1162 P
- Bochtun 1162 P(CR)
- Buketon 1201 Cur
- Buchton 1220 Fees
- Buhton 1230 P
- Buton 1255 Seld13
- Button 1255 ib
- Bughton 1280 FF
- Buthton 1313 Ipm
- Bouhton 1246 Seld13
- Bouton 1253,1255 1285 FA
- Bhouton 1313 Ipm
- Boughton 1316 FA 1353 Ipm
- Boughton by Geytington 1325 Ipm
Etymology
This is probably from OE bōc -tūn , 'beech-farm,' though some of the forms suggest the same history as that put forward for Boughton supra 133. The probability is that in both names alike there has been a good deal of confusion between like-sounding possibilities.
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