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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Buckland

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Boclande 957 BCS1005 c.1200
  • Boclande William Abingdon c.1240 Ipm 1295–6
  • Bochland' 1175–6 P
  • Bocheland(e) 1086 DB
  • Bochel' 1158–9 P
  • Bokeland 1174–5 ib
  • Bokelande 1338 Pat
  • Bokelond 1349 Ipm 1381 Cl
  • Bockelond 1378 ib
  • Bokelonde 1428 FA
  • Bouclaund' 1230 P
  • Bouklond 1370 Ipm
  • Buklond 1412 FA 1476 AD

Etymology

A common name, from OE  bōcland 'land granted by charter'. The surviving charter which relates to this place is only concerned with part of the area of the modern parish, v. Pt 3.