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.

Buckley Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kingsteignton

Historical Forms

  • Bogheclyve 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bogheclyve 1330SR (p) . ' Bow-shaped steep hillside , ' v. clif and cf. Bowden supra 37 .