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(e) 12th Colch 1198 Cur

Bocland juxta Buntyngford 1319 FF

Buklond 1328 Ipm

Buckeland 1368 Pat

Etymology

'Land granted by charter,' v. bocland .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name