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.

Button

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • Bodetone, Bodatone, Budetune, Buddetun 13th Buckfast
  • Bodeton 1276 RH 1318 BM
  • Boddeton 1276 Ipm

Etymology

Bodetone , Bodatone , Budetune , Buddetun 13th Buckfast, Bodeton 1276 RH, 1318 BM, Boddeton 1276 Ipm and perhaps takes its name from the family of Theobald Budde mentioned in the Buckfast Cartulary (f. 236).