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.

Buckleigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsham

Historical Forms

  • Bogheclyve 1333 SR
  • Boclyve 1362 DA

Etymology

is Bogheclyve 1333SR (p), Boclyve 1362 DA 33 , ' Curved steep place , ' v. clif and Bowden supra 37 .

Places in the same Parish