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Survey of English Place-Names

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Buckton Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • vnum castrum dirutum vocatum Buckeden (castell) 1360 Rental

Etymology

, 1767 Earw , vnum castrum dirutum vocatum Buckeden (castell )1360Rental , ' (castle at) the buck-valley ' , v. bucc , denu , castel(l) , cf. Castle infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site