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.

Uckington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Uckington

Historical Forms

  • Hochinton 1086 DB
  • Okin(g)ton, Okyn(g)ton Hy3 Misc 1227 Ch 1248,1287 Ass 1291 Tax 1560 Surv
  • Uchinton' 1221 Ass
  • Ukinton' 1248 ib

Etymology

'Farmstead associated with Ucca ', from the OE  pers.n. Ucca and -ing4 , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site