Buxton
town · Derbyshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
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 EnglishAttestedgoat farmstead(from bucca "male goat", tūn "enclosure, farmstead, settlement")
Historical forms
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