Buckland in the Moor Devon Family History Guide

Buckland in the Moor is a chapelry of Ashburton Ancient Parish in Devon.

Alternative names: Buckland on the Moor

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1692 see also Ashburton
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1624

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BUCKLAND-IN-THE-MOOR, a parish in NewtonAbbot district, Devon; on the river Dart, adjacent to Dartmoor, 3½ miles NW of Ashburton, and 9½ W of Newton r. station. Post Town, Ashburton, under NewtonAbbot. Acres, 1,458. Real property, £980. Pop., 113. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Newton Abbot
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Moreton
  • Poor Law Union: Newton Abbot
  • Hundred: Haytor
  • Province: Canterbury