Buckland Berkshire Family History Guide

Buckland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Carswell.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1678
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BUCKLAND, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Faringdon district, Berks. The village stands 1½ mile S of the river Thames, 4 NE by E of Faringdon r. station, and 13½ SW by W of Oxford; and has a post office under Faringdon. The parish includes also the hamlet of Carswell. Acres, 4,434. Real property, £5,720. Pop., 912. Houses, 171. The property is divided among a few. Buckland House is the seat of Sir R. Throckmorton, Bart.; was built in 1757, after designs by Wood of Bath; and contains relics of Mary Queen of Scots and Charles I., some other curiosities, and some fine pictures. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £310. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is old but good. There are Baptist and Roman Catholic chapels, an endowed school with £42 a year, and charities £40. The subdistrict contains five parishes and four parts. Acres, 25,355. Pop., 4,945. Houses, 1,033.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Buckland with Carswell, 3m. N.E. Farringdon. P. 946.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Buckland – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Buckland, 1236-1919
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland (Berkshire); Buckland (Berkshire)

Transcript of monumental inscriptions in Buckland Churchyard

England, Berkshire, Buckland – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Buckland, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

A list of the inhabitants of Buckland, England, 1799
Author: Disbury, David G.

England, Berkshire, Buckland – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Buckland, 1605-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland (Berkshire)

Buckland, Berks., parish registers : baptisms, 1691 to 1974; marriages, 1693 to 1974, [burials, 1678-1974]
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland (Berkshire); Blizzard, Elisabeth

Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : Faringdon Registration District
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

Parish chest and poor law records for Buckland, 1236-1919
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland (Berkshire); Buckland (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Buckland, 1678-1855
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Buckland – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Buckland, Berks., Eng

England, Berkshire, Buckland – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Buckland, 1236-1919
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland (Berkshire); Buckland (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Buckland – Names, Personal ( 1 )
A list of the inhabitants of Buckland, England, 1799
Author: Disbury, David G.

England, Berkshire, Buckland – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Buckland, 1236-1919
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland (Berkshire); Buckland (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Buckland – Probate records ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Buckland, 1236-1919
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland (Berkshire); Buckland (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Buckland – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Buckland, 1236-1919
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland (Berkshire); Buckland (Berkshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Berkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Faringdon
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
  • Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Abingdon
  • Poor Law Union: Faringdon
  • Hundred: Ganfield
  • Province: Canterbury