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.

Buck Stone

Other OS name in the Parish of Staunton

Etymology

, 1830 M , v. bucc , stān , and for this type of name ( sometimes denoting a spot habitually frequented by animals ) cf. Deer Stones(YW iii, 147) .