Buckland Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Buckland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Laverton.
Parish church: St Michael
Parish registers begin: 1539
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Buckland Parish Registers
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.
Buckland, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1539-1812
Buckland, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Buckland, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
Marriages at Buckland 1539 to 1839 Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol 4. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1898. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Marriages at Buckland 1600 to 1812 – Transcriptions (Parishmouse)
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Buckland, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1988
Buckland Strays
David Lee, of Buckland, & Mary Perks, 1 Feb. 1768 married at Alstone
Henry Tomlins, of Buckland, & Ann Hale, 8 Jan. 1770 married at Aston Somerville
John Standeford, of Buckland, & Mary Jones, lic., 19 may 1811 married at Aston Somerville
Richard Cox & Mary Wooton, b., of Buckland, 6 Nov. 1745 married at Aston Somerville
John Fisher & Elizabeth Burman, of Buckland, 23 Dec. 1745 married at Aston Somerville
John Cull & Hannah Mason, of Buckland, 27 Dec. 1745 married at Aston Somerville
Thomas Daffan & Margaret Cooke, of Laverton, lic., 13 Sept. 1749 married at Aston Somerville
Arthur Richardson, b., of Buckland, co. Gloucester, & Hannah Gibbs, s., lic. 20 Nov. 1789 married at North & Middle Littleton
Poll Books
Poll Book 1834, Eastern Division Gloucestershire The Poll at the Election of a Knight of The Shire to serve in Parliament for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucestershire taken August 11th and 12th 1834 before Harry Edmund Waller, Esquire, High Sheriff. Candidate Christopher William Codrington, Esquire, and Charles Hanbury Tracy Leigh, Esquire. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Poll Book 1834, Buckland and Laverton Gloucestershire – Transcription
Below are the names of those that voted in the election of August 1834 between Christopher William Codrington, Esquire, and Charles Hanbury Tracy Leigh, Esquire. For more information see Poll Book 1834.
Poll Book of the Election, August 1834 for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucester.
Campden Polling District
Buckland and Laverton Parish
| Name | Residence |
|---|---|
| Batsford John | Buckland |
| Batsford Robert | Laverton |
| Collett Richard | Buckland |
| Hawkes Joseph | Laverton |
| Lamley Robert | Winchcomb |
| Meadows John | Laverton |
| Rastall Benjamin | Buckland |
| Richardson George | Laverton |
| Wells Stephen | Buckland |
Historical Directory Transcriptions
Buckland Morris Gloucestershire Directory 1876
Buckland is a parish and village in Winchcomb union, containing, by the census of 1861, 355, and in 1871, 354 inhabitants, and 2172 acres; in the deanery of Campden, archdeaconry of Gloucester, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, the lower division of Kiftsgate hundred, East Gloucestershire; 2 miles south-west from Broadway, 8 north-east from Evesham Station on the West Midland Railway, 24 north-east from Gloucester, and 93 from London.
The rectory, in the incumbency of the Rev. William Phillips, B.A., is valued at £294 per annum, with residence, and is in the patronage of James Orchard Phillips, Esq., who is also lord of the manor and sole owner of the paribus.
The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Michael, consisting of chancel and north and south aisles, with tower containing six bells.
The rateable value of this parish is £3202.
Laverton is a hamlet of this parish, in which is a National School for boys, having an endowment of £50 per annum, with house and garden, given by the Hon. James Thynne.
Phillips Rev. William, B.A., The Rectory
Trades and Professions.
Ayliffe William, farmer, Buckland field
Banning Robert, farmer, Manor farm
Collett George, farmer
Grimmitt William, Carpenter, Laverton
Haines John, veterinary surgeon
Hughes Samuel, farmer, Laverton
Jeffrey Miss Catherine, National Schoolmistress
Miles Absalom, blacksmith and beer retailer
Phillips George, farmer, Laverton
Richards Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeper and beer retailer
Stokes Edward, farmer, Leasons
Stokes William, farmer, Laverton
Taylor William, farmer, Little Buckland
Wells Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer
Broadway is the pots town and nearest money order office
National School – Miss Catherine Jeffry
Carriers.
Cheltenham – James, Wed and Sat.
Evesham – Thomas Grimmitt and James, Monday
Source: Morris & Co.’s Commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Hounds Gate, Nottingham. 1876
Buckland Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Buckland is a township, village and parish, 8 miles from Evesham station, on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line of railway, 3 miles from Broadway, 24 from Gloucester, and 93 north-west from London, in the lower division of the Hundred of Kiftsgate, and bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol, and Union of Winchcomb.
The church is an old stone building, having a tower, aisles, chancel, and a musical ring of 6 bells.
The living is a rectory of the value of £222 per year, in the gift of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart; the Rev. William Phillipps is the incumbent.
The acreage contained in the parish, with the hamlet of Laverton, is 2,172 acres, and the rateable value £2,550.
Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., is lord of the manor.
The population, in 1851, was 368.
There is a school for boys at Laverton, endowed by the Hon. James Phynne, with £30 per annum with house and garden.
Phillipps Rev. William, Rectory
Traders
Batsford William, farmer
Banning Robert, farmer
Collett Richard, blacksmith
Daffurn Thomas, shopkeeper, Laverton
Grimmitt William, carpenter, Laverton
Hughes Samuel, farmer, Laverton
Phillipps Charles & George, farmer, Laverton, Leasowes
Phipps George, farmer
Perrett – , farmer, Laverton
Rastalo Benjamin, shopkeeper
Richardson George, farmer, Laverton
Richardson Mary, farmer, Laverton
Stokes John, farmer, Laverton
Taylor William, farmer, Little Buckland
Wells Stephen, farmer
Letters are received through Broadway, which is also the nearest money order office.
Endowed School, Frederick Jackson Shailer, master
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BUCKLAND, a parish in Winchcombe district, Gloucester; under the Cotswolds, 1¾ mile SW of Broadway, and 6¼ WSW of Campden r. station. It includes the hamlet of Laverton; and its Post Town is Broadway. Acres, 2,270. Real property, £3,283. Pop., 355. Houses, 77. The manor belonged formerly to the Greshams; and belongs now to Sir T. Phillips, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £222. Patron, Sir T. Phillips, Bart. The church is later English; has a fine painted window of the time of Edward IV.; and is in good condition. Thynne’s school has £30 from endowment.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Maps
Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Winchcomb
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Campden
- Poor Law Union: Winchcombe
- Hundred: Kiftsgate
- Province: Canterbury