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.

Buckingway Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swavesey

Etymology

Buckingway Ho (6″). Cf. Bokkyngweye 1287Rental . Swavesey parish is adjacent to Boxworth supra 164 and though there is no direct track from Boxworth to Buckingway Ho, there is a track from Boxworth to the Cambridge-St Neots road and another from that road past Buckingway Ho, so that there can be little doubt that Bokkyngweye is from Buccingaweg , 'the track of the people of Boxworth,' or perhaps simply Buccingwey , 'Bucc 's track.'