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.

Buncton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wiston

Historical Forms

  • Bongetune 1086 DB
  • Bongeton 1265 Misc 1397 Pens
  • Bungeton 1242 Fees689 1293 Cl
  • Bonegeton 1280 FF
  • Bongheton 1296 SR
  • Bonketon 1323 Pens
  • Boungeton 1366 Pens

Etymology

This is probably for Buningatun , 'farm of the people of Buna .' Comparison of the forms suggests that it can hardly be an -ica derivative of that name, such as we had in Donnington and Duncton supra 69, 101. v. ing , tun .

Places in the same Parish