Bicton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bicton
Historical Forms
- Bechatona 1086 DB
- Buketon(e) 1228 FF 1330 Ipm
- Buketon(e) beside Budlegh 1495 Ipm
- Boketon 1275 Pat
- Bugetone 1280 Exon
- Buckton 1285 FA
- Bukenton 1260 Oliver
- Bukinton 1281 Cl
- Bukyntone 1291 Tax
- Bukyngton(e) 1303 FA 1348 Cl 1374 Exon
- Bukyngton(e) juxta Otriton 1370 Ass
- Byketon 1330 Pat
- Bicketon al. Buckton 1616 Deed
Etymology
'Beocca 's farm,' v. tun and cf. Abbots Bickington supra 124.