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.

Bugthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bugthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Buchetorp 1086 DB 1194–8 YCh1082
  • Bughetorp 1086 DB
  • Bugetorp 1086 DB 1166 RBE 1191–9 P 1206 1253 ADiii
  • Bugethorp(e) 1252 FF 1298 Ebor
  • Bugathorp t.Hy2 MaryH
  • Bugget(h)orp(e) t.Hy2 BM 1303 KF
  • Buggatorp 1156–7 YCh354
  • Bugthorp(e) c.1175 Whitby 13th YD 1579 FF
  • Bogethorp c.1180 Whitby 1297 LS
  • Boggethorpe 1296 YI
  • Buket(h)orp 1248 FF 1259 Ass 1278 Pat
  • Bucthorp(e), Bukthorp(e) 1287–90 Ebor 14th Sawley 1365 Pat

Etymology

'Buggi 's village,' v. þorp . The first element is the OScand  nickname Buggi (LindB, DaPN 171), which meant (and possibly survives in) 'big bug.' The occasional spellings with Buk (e )- show assimilation of g to the following voiceless consonant th . Bugthorpe probably has no relation to the wapentake name (cf. Buckrose supra 119).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site