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.

Buckland Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Haccombe with Coombe

Historical Forms

  • Bochelanda 1086 DB
  • Bocland 1219 FF
  • Barones Boclande 1289 Ass
  • Westerboclond juxta Niweton Abbatis 1324 Ass
  • le Baron 1219 FF

Etymology

v. bocland . The place was associated with John and Richard le Baron in 1219 FF.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement