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Bulkeley

village · Cheshire East

Old EnglishAI-generated

This village name likely means 'Bucca's clearing' or 'Bucca's field'. It combines an Old English personal name with the word 'lēah', meaning woodland clearing.

Word origins

Bucca
Old Englisha personal name(from Bucca "a personal name")
lēah
Old Englishwoodland clearing, meadow(from lēah "woodland clearing, meadow")

Historical forms

Bukeley