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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.

Buckabank

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dalston

Historical Forms

  • Bucothebank' c.1345 Carliol
  • Bukobank 1408 Pat
  • Bukkobank 1453 CCt
  • Buccabank 1488 Pat 1703 EcclComm
  • Bocobanke 1533 CCt
  • Bukabank 1540 AOMB
  • Buckowbank 1575 PR
  • Buckhowbank 1607 ib
  • Buckabankes 1580 Border
  • Buckabanke 1674 CCt

Etymology

The forms do not suggest any convincing explanation of this name.