Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bvcheminstre 1086 DB

• Bucheminestr' c.1130 LeicSurv

• Buccemenistre 1180 P

• Buckeminster 1236 RGros

• Buckeministr' 1236 ib

• Buckemynstre 1360 Brase

• Bukeministr' 1195 P 1212 Cur 1240 RGros

• Bukemenistr' 1196 ChancR 1198,1199,1200 P

• Bukemenestr(e) 1212 RBE 1242 Fees

• Bukeministr(e) 1237 RGros 1242 Fees Hy3 Crox

• Bukemynstre 1319,1323 Pat 1399 AD

• Bukeminster 1320 Abbr

• Bukemynster 1328 Ass 1369 Banco

• Bokeminster 1261 Cur 1284 Ass 1327 SR

• Bokeministre 1298 Ipm 1298 Fine

• Bokemynstr(e) c.1291 Tax 1313 Pat 1428 FA

• Bokemynstir 1316 ib

• Bokemynster 1360 LAS

• Bokminstre 1298 Fine 1305 FA 1306 IpmR 1339 Banco

• Bokmynstre 1307 Fine 1324 Pat 1333 Banco

• Bokmynster 1308 ib

• Bucminstr' 1254 Val

• Bucministr' 1266,1272 RGrav

• Bukmynstr(e) 1276 RH 1279 RGrav 1362 Pat 1444 AD 1451 Pat

• Bukmynster 1318 Inqaqd 1451 Pat 1502 MiscAccts 1520 Rental 1549 Fine

• Buckmynster 1491 Banco 1528 Visit 1571 LEpis 1576 Saxton

• Buckmenster 1507 LWills

• Buckmynstre 1542 Rut

• Buckminster 1575 LEpis 1576 LibCl 1580 LEpis

• Bukmyster 1537 MinAccts 1539 Deed 1549 Pat

• Bukemyster 1539 MinAccts

• Buckmyster 1546 Ass 1549 Pat

Etymology

'Bucca's minster', v. mynster . The pers.n. Bucca is OE. Bucca was presumably the founder and patron of the Anglo-Saxon minster church from which the village took its name. The earliest fabric identified in the present church is of the second half of the 13th century.