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Buxton

town · Derbyshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Buxton's name likely comes from the Old English 'bucca' (male goat) and 'tun' (farmstead or settlement). It may have originally referred to a farmstead associated with goats or a place where goats were kept.

Word origins

Buxton
Old Englishgoat farmstead(from bucca "male goat", tūn "enclosure, farmstead, settlement")

Historical forms

Buchestone · Bucton