Buckland, Surrey Family History Guide

Buckland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1560
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1701

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Leigh
Banstead
Reigate St Mary Magdalene
Betchworth
Walton on the Hill

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BUCKLAND, a parish in Reigate district, Surrey; on the Reading and Reigate railway, ½ a mile ESE of Betchworth station, and 2 W of Reigate. It has a post office under Reigate. Acres, 1,744. Real property, £2,710. Pop., 369. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. Buckland House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £337. Patron, All-Souls College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1860. Spencer, the biographer of Archbishop Chicheley, was rector.

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

Parish Records

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England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992

Maps

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Administration

County: Surrey
Civil Registration District: Reigate
Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey
Diocese: Winchester
Rural Deanery: Ewell
Poor Law Union: Reigate
Hundred: Reigate
Province: Canterbury