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.

Buckland Down & Buckland Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sydling St Nicholas

Historical Forms

  • Bukelynch 1321 MiltC

Etymology

( 1839TA ) , probably to be associated with Bukelynch 1321MiltC , v. bucca ' buck, male deer ' , also ' he-goat ' , hlinc ' bank, ledge ' .