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.

Budna

Early-attested site in the Parish of Northill

Historical Forms

  • Budenho(u) 1169 P 1202,1227 Ass 1232 FF
  • Buddenho 1195 P 1276,1287 Ass
  • Bodenho 1276 Ass 1390–2 CS
  • Boddenho 1297 SR 1344 ADvi
  • Buddinho 1337 ADvi
  • Bodynho 1416,1424 ADvi
  • Budno E4 ADiii
  • Budenow al. Bodenho 1519 ADvi
  • Budnow 1539 ADv
  • Budnall, Budnoo 1549 Pat

Etymology

'Bud(d)a's hoh' or spur of land, Bud (d )a being a well- established OE name.

Places in the same Parish