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.

Buckworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Buckworth

Historical Forms

  • Buchesworde 1086 DB
  • Buckeswirtha c.1150 HugonisCandidiHistoria 13th
  • Buckeswrda 1180 BM
  • Buckesworth 1220 Fees334 1294 FF
  • Bukesw(u)rth 1223 Bract 1247 Pat 1248 FF 1282 Ipm 1285 FA
  • Buckew(o)rth 1225 FF Ei BM
  • Bokewurth 1227 Ass
  • Bokesw(o)rth 1242 Fees922 1267–85 ADi
  • Bucwurth 1243 Cl
  • Bockysworth 1276 RH
  • Buckeswrþe 1279 RH
  • Bockeworth 1294 FF
  • Bokworth 1303 FA 1428 FA
  • Buckworthe 1316 FA Eliz ChancP
  • Bukworth, Bucworth 1327 SR 1341 Cl 1351 Ipm 1353 1369 Cl 1370 FF 1428 FA

Etymology

'Bucc's enclosure' v. worþ . For this pers. name, v. MLR xiv. 236.

Places in the same Parish

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