Buxton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Buxton
Historical Forms
- Bukestuna, Buchestuna 1086 DB
- Bucstun 1222 Pat
- Bucston(e) 1226–36 NCReg 1229 Ch
- Bukeston 1250 Ass
- Buxston(e) 1254–75 Val 1282 Ipm 1428 FA
- Buxtone 1257,1269 Ass
- Buxtune 1263 Ipm
- Buston 1275 1313,1343 FF 1302to1401–2 FA 1314,1316 Ipm 1535 VE
- Buckeston 1307 DeBanco
- Buxstune 1348 AD
- Boxtone 1361 Ipm
Etymology
This name has been explained as '*Bucc 's tūn', although the pers.n. *Bucc is not independently recorded in OE (DEPN, Mills). An alternative first element would be the appellative OE bucc 'male deer', but this is considered less likely in view of all the place-names involved.Moreover, Redin (74) lists a weakly inflected OE pers.n. Bucca , so the existence of a strongly inflected variant, originally a byname, is quite plausible (cf. Hjertstedt 77). Bukkr is a common byname in OScand (v. DGP II 158, LindB).