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.

Buckland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Bochelande 1086 DB
  • Bocland(iam), Bokland(iam) 1154–89,1200 Glouc 1207 Abbr 1221,1248 Ass 1363 et freq
  • Boclaunde 1200 Glouc 1287 Ass
  • Boclond(e) 13 Glouc 1221 Ass 1282 Episc
  • Bouclaunde 1263–84 Glouc
  • Bokelonde 1327 SR 1460 MinAcct
  • Bucland(e), Bukland(e) 1267 Glouc 1428 Pat
  • Buck(e)lond(e), Buck(e)land 1535 VE 1542 MinAcct 1581 FF

Etymology

'Land held by grant of a charter', v. bōc-land, in this case land granted to St Peter's Gloucester by Kynred (Coenred ), king of the Mercians (Glouc i, 67, cf. BG v, 103).