Lower Budbrook
Early-attested site in the Parish of Drewsteignton
Historical Forms
- Boggebrok 1285 FA 1318 Ipm 1330 SR
- Boggebrok juxta Druesteyngton 1327 Ass
- Boghebrok 1311 Fine
Etymology
This place is in the neighbourhood of bucgan ford (Crawf 1) and probably both the ford and the brook took their names from the same person, named Bucge (f) or Bucga (m). Cf. Bognor (PN Sx 92).