Bupton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Longford
Historical Forms
- (æt) Bubandune c.1002 ASWills c.1100
- Bub(b)endune, Bub(b)endona, Bub(b)endon(e) 1166 RBE 1169 P 1197 John,Hy3 DbCh
- Bubedene 1086 DB
- Bubedune 1086 DB
- Bubbedon(e) 1276 Cl 1281 Ass 1317 FF 1396 DbCh
- Bobendon 1152 RegLich
- Bobinton 1170 P 1252 DbCh
- Bubeldene 1258 FF 1281 Ass
- Bob(b)edon 1272,1314,1347 DbCh
- Bobindon 1304 Ipm
- Bub(b)don 1367 Cor 1380,1476 DbCh
- Bubbeton 1276 Cl
- Bubton 1429,1430 DbCh 1571 FF 1652 DuLa
Etymology
'Bub(b)a's hill', v. dūn , with the common development of dūn to tūn . There is occasional confusion of the second element with denu .