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.

Bickington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bickington

Historical Forms

  • Bechintona 1107 Ch 1300
  • Bekynton 1524 SR
  • Bekenton 1597 Recov
  • Buketon 1219 Ass 1228 FF
  • Bukyngton 1303,1428 FA
  • Bukyngton by Ashperton 1356 Ipm
  • Bukynton 1346 FA
  • Byketon 1330 SR

Etymology

'Beocca 's tun.' v. Abbots Bickington supra 124.

Places in the same Parish