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.

Buckhurst

Early-attested site in the Parish of Withyham

Historical Forms

  • Bocherst 1199 SAC58,178 1279 QW
  • Buchurst 1293 Cl
  • Bogherst 1315 Ipm

Etymology

Buckhurst is Bocherst 1199 SAC 58, 178et freq to 1279 QW, Buchurst 1293 Cl, Bogherst 1315 Ipm. 'Beech-wood hill,' v. boc , hyrst .