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.

Boughton Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Weekley

Historical Forms

  • Boctone 1086 DB
  • Boketon 12th Survey
  • Bohtun 1162 P
  • Bochtun 1162 P(CR)
  • Buketon 1201 Cur
  • Buchton 1220 Fees
  • Buhton 1230 P
  • Buton 1255 Seld13
  • Button 1255 ib
  • Bughton 1280 FF
  • Buthton 1313 Ipm
  • Bouhton 1246 Seld13
  • Bouton 1253,1255 1285 FA
  • Bhouton 1313 Ipm
  • Boughton 1316 FA 1353 Ipm
  • Boughton by Geytington 1325 Ipm

Etymology

This is probably from OE  bōc -tūn , 'beech-farm,' though some of the forms suggest the same history as that put forward for Boughton supra 133. The probability is that in both names alike there has been a good deal of confusion between like-sounding possibilities.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site