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.

Bicton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bicton

Historical Forms

  • Bechatona 1086 DB
  • Buketon(e) 1228 FF 1330 Ipm
  • Buketon(e) beside Budlegh 1495 Ipm
  • Boketon 1275 Pat
  • Bugetone 1280 Exon
  • Buckton 1285 FA
  • Bukenton 1260 Oliver
  • Bukinton 1281 Cl
  • Bukyntone 1291 Tax
  • Bukyngton(e) 1303 FA 1348 Cl 1374 Exon
  • Bukyngton(e) juxta Otriton 1370 Ass
  • Byketon 1330 Pat
  • Bicketon al. Buckton 1616 Deed

Etymology

'Beocca 's farm,' v. tun and cf. Abbots Bickington supra 124.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site