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

  • Boltintone 1086 DB
  • Bolkintone 1211 RBE
  • Bulkinton' 1225 FineR 1395 Ct
  • Bolkenton 1279,1281 Ass
  • Bulkyngton ib. et freq, with variant spelling Bulkington
  • Bolkyngton 1332 Pat 1345 Ass
  • Bulkyngdoun 1437 Cl
  • Buckington 1544 FF
  • Bulkyngton al. Buckyngton 1560 Recov

Etymology

'Bulca 's farm,' v. ingtun . Cf. Bulkworthy (PN D 91) and Bulkington (PN Wa 100).

Places in the same Parish