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).