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.

Buckenhoe Barn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Saffron Walden

Etymology

Buckenhoe Barn (6″). Cf. Bukenhoslade 1235Walden , Bukenhoheg 1336 Ipm, Bokynho , Bekenho , Buckenhoe 1387Walden . 'The ridge of the he-goat' (v. bucca ) or possibly 'of a man named Bucca .'