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.

Bucknell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bucknell

Historical Forms

  • Buchehelle 1086 DB
  • Buchehulle 1196 Os
  • Buckehulla 1123–33 OxonCh 1284–5 FA
  • Bukenhulle 1194 Cur 1378 Cl
  • Bukenehul 1511 BM
  • Bokenhulle 1259 Os 1447 Blo
  • Buknell 1526 LS

Etymology

'Bucca 's hill,' v. hyll . The same name occurs in Sa (DEPN) and PN Wo 187.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name