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.

Buckland End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Castle Bromwich

Historical Forms

  • Bokenholt 13th,1402 BirmDeed
  • Bokenhildefeld 1329 ib
  • Bucknall End 1651 FF
  • Bukenholt 1262 Ass
  • Bokenholt 1304 ib

Etymology

Buckland End is Bokenholt 13th, 1402BirmDeed , Bokenhildefeld 1329 ib., Bucknall End 1651FF and was the home of Walter de Bukenholt (1262Ass ) and Alice de Bokenholt (1304 ib.).'Beechen wood,' v. bocen , holt .

Places in the same Parish