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.

Buckton Holms

Early-attested site in the Parish of Settrington

Historical Forms

  • Bocheton(e) 1086 DB
  • Bokton 1302 Ch
  • Bucketon 13th YD 1305 YI
  • Buketon 1265 YI
  • Bucton, Bukton 13th YD 1376 FF
  • Bucton juxta Set(e)rington 1370,1406 YD

Etymology

'Buck farm,' v. Buckton supra 103.

Places in the same Parish