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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Buckingham.
 
(Saxon, boccen-ham, beech - tree village.) Fuller, in his Worthies, speaks of the beech-trees as the most characteristic feature of this county.   1
 


 Buckhorse.Bucklaw, 

 
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