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.

Buckerell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Buckerell

Historical Forms

  • Bucherel 1165 P
  • Bukerell 1221–30 Fees
  • Bokerel c.1200 HMCiv,59
  • etfreq 1316 FA

Etymology

This is a difficult name and it is impossible to tell whether it is more than a coincidence that we have parallels for the ending of this name in Chackrell supra 548, in Cheverell (W), DBChevrel , 1249 Ipm Chyverel , Chickerell (Do), 1332SR Chikerel , and Keveral (Co), 1299 FF Keverel .

Places in the same Parish