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.

Buxton Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of King's Cliffe

Historical Forms

  • Buckston Sale t.Jas1 WoodsRept

Etymology

Buxton Wood is Buckston Sale t. Jas 1 Woods Rept, and is possibly to be associated with the family of Roger Bucstan found in Paston in 1247 (Ass ). For sale v. supra 157.