Buckhurst Hill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Buckhurst Hill
Historical Forms
- (la) Bocherst(e) 1135 BM 1203 ChR
- la Bokherste 1291 For
- Bokhirste 13th Loughton
- Bokehurste Hill c.1528 EASix
- (la) Bukhurst 13th Loughton
- (la) Bukhurst alias Goldhurst 1485 Ipm
- Buckhurst alias Gouldhurst 1475 IpmR
- Buckhurst Hill bridge 1597 EASxi
- Bu(c)kkershyl(l) 1496,1529 Loughton
- bokert hill 1498 ERxiv
- Bookers Hill 1563 EASxi
- Buckets Hill 1739 Loughton
- Buckott's Hill 1770–7 Winstone
Etymology
'Wooded hill covered with beeches,' v. boc , hyrst . For Goldhurst , cf. Guildenhurst Fm (PN Sx 153), from gylden , 'golden,' probably referring to the colour of the trees.