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.

Bucknell Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Besford

Historical Forms

  • Buckenhull c.1225,1249,c.1260(15th) AOMB61
  • Bucknells 1544 LP

Etymology

'Bucca's hill,' v. hyll . This must be associated with the Bokindona of EveA , which is the 1 hide of Walter Ponther in DB.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement