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.

Bulkington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bulkington

Historical Forms

  • Bockintone 1086 DB
  • Bulkyngton(a) 1143 Monast 1307,1316 ADiv 1535 VE
  • Bulkinton(a) 1170 Ch 1318
  • Bulchinton(a) 1175 P
  • Bulkynton(a) 1271 Ipm 1291 Tax 1299 Ipm 1327 ADiv
  • Bulkenton(a) 1293 Ass 1721 FF
  • Bulketon 1301–18 Ch
  • Bolkyn(g)ton 1324 Lichf 1532 ADiv
  • Buckington al. Bulkington 1682 Recov

Etymology

'Bulca 's farm,' v. ingtun . For this pers. name cf. Bulkworthy (PN D 91) and Bulkington (PN W 42).