English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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bucstornfurlong '

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • bucstornfurlong ' Edw1 Rut

Etymology

bucstornfurlong' Edw 1 (v. buc - þorn, furlang; the earliest citation for buckthorn in OED is for 1578)