TucktonTuckton, Bournemouth |
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Bournemouth Dorset SZ1492 |
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HANTSLOC.t |
old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXXVI.11 |
Tuckton otherwise: Tuketon, 1248; Tocketon, 1300 |
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Coates 1989 TUCKTON, suburb of Bournemouth, now in Dorset Probably hypothetical Old English 'Tuccantun'='Tucca's farm'. Cf TUFTON. A late form of Tuckton shows the same development 1727 'Tuffen alias Tuckton'. Gave its name to 'Tucktonia' the famous model village. |