Buckworth
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
This village name likely means 'Bucca's enclosure' or 'Bucca's farmstead'. It combines an Old English personal name with the word 'worþ', meaning an enclosure or homestead.
Word origins
- Bucca
- Old Englisha personal name(from Bucca "a personal name")
- worþ
- Old Englishenclosure, homestead(from *worþa "enclosure, homestead")
Historical forms
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