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.

Baughton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hill Croome

Historical Forms

  • Bocctun 1038 KCD760 18th
  • Bocton(a) 1208 Fees37 1255 Ass 1275 SR 1310 FF
  • Boketon 1319 FF
  • Boughton 1397 Pat 1419 IpmR 1598 Wills
  • Boghton 1406 Pat
  • Baughton 1619 Wills 1674–91 FF

Etymology

'Beech-tree farm,' v. boc , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site