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.

Buckden Beck, Buckden Fields, Buckden Gavel, Buckden Out Moor, Buckden Rake & Buckden Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Buckden feild 17 Glebe
  • Buckden Field 1743 PRHub
  • Raik foot 1844 TA

Etymology

( 1858 O.S. , v. bekkr ) ( Buckden feild 17Glebe , Buckden Field 1743 PRHub ) ( a hill - top ) ( 1858 O.S. ) ( Raik foot 1844TA , v. hraca ' steep, rough path,cattle or sheep walk ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site