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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