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.

Buckbury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Longdon

Historical Forms

  • Buccebur c.1200 VCHiv.115
  • Buckbire c.1200 BM
  • Buckeb' 1291 Tax
  • Bugbury 1312 Pat 1535 VE 1538 BM
  • Buckbury, Buckbery 1555 BM 1582 Wills

Etymology

This is probably 'Bucca's burh.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement