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Survey of English Place-Names

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Buck Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Humberston

Historical Forms

  • bucbek' 1298 Holywell
  • buckbeck 1724 Terrier(Scartho)

Etymology

, bucbek '1298Holywell ,buckbeck 1724Terrier (Scartho ) , self - explanatory , v. bucc ' abuck, a male-deer ' , bekkr .