Contents Buckinghamshire  Nearby Places Buckland "BUCKLAND at a Chiltern foot, near the main road at Aston Clinton. Bungalows in back lanes. Brick Methodist church with gallery, 1836. The single-aisled church has an early Tractarian-style interior of white-washed beauty. The main structure is medieval." [Murray's Buckinghamshire Architectural Guide]

Bibliography

The following reference sources have been used in the construction of this page, and may be referred to for further detail. Most if not all of these volumes are available in the Reference section of the County Library in Aylesbury.

"Buckinghamshire Contributions for Ireland 1642", Wilson J., 1983.
"Buckinghamshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship 1851", Legg E. ed., 1991, ISBN 0 901198 27 7.
"Magna Britannia: Buckinghamshire", Lysons S. and Lysons D., 1806.
"Murray's Buckinghamshire Architectural Guide." editors John Betjeman & John Piper, London, 1948
"The Place-Names of Buckinghamshire", Mawer A. and Stenton F.M., 1925.
"The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Buckinghamshire", Page W. ed., 1905-1928
"War Memorials and War Graves: Aylesbury Hundred pt. one, Volume 3", Peter Quick.

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Cemeteries

The following Monumental Inscriptions are available as publications or as part of a Society library:

• Monumental Inscriptions for All Saints church are in the library* of the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.
• War memorials in Buckland have been transcribed by Peter Quick and published by the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.

* = material held in a Society library is generally available for loan to all members either via post, or by collection at a meeting

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Census

In 1642 there were 31 people named in the tax returns for contributions for Ireland. Between them they were assessed at £3.2.10 of which sum Jn. Baker and his family contributed £0.11.0

In 1798 the Posse Comitatus listed 58 men between the ages of 16 and 60 in Buckland.

In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 281 inhabitants in 71 families living in 39 houses recorded in Buckland.

* = No names were recorded in census documents from 1801 to 1831.
** = Census documents from 1911 to 2001 are only available in summary form. Names are witheld under the 100 year rule.

Microfilm copies of all census enumerators' notebooks for 1841 to 1891 are held at the Local Studies Libraries at Aylesbury and Milton Keynes, as well as centrally at the PRO. A table of 19th century census headcount by parish is printed in the VCH of Bucks, Vol.2, pp 96-101.

Availability of census transcripts and indexes.

• 1851 - Full transcripts and indexes for Buckinghamshire are available on CD-ROM, hard copy and microfiche from the Buckinghamshire Family History Society.
• 1861 - Available on CD-ROM with advanced search and mapping capabilities etc. from the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.
• 1881
  • Available on CD-ROM from the Church of the Latter Day Saints, as part of the National 1881 Census Index.
  • Available on CD-ROM for Buckinghamshire, with advanced search and mapping capabilities etc. from Drake Software.
• 1891 - Available on CD-ROM with advanced search and mapping capabilities etc. from the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.

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Church History

Details of the stained glass in the church can be found on the following web sites (the site includes many photos):

• Buckinghamshire Stained Glass

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Church Records

The original copies of the parish registers for All Saints, Buckland have been deposited in the Buckinghamshire Record Office in Aylesbury, and they hold the following years:

Copies or indexes to the parish registers are available from societies as follows:

* = material held in a Society library is generally available for loan to all members either via post, or by collection at a meeting

An ecclesiastical census was carried out throughout England on 30 March 1851 to record the attendance at all places of worship. These returns are in the Buckinghamshire Record Office and have been published by the Buckinghamshire Record Society (vol 27). The returns for Buckland showed the following numbers:

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History & Descriptions

Buckland was described in 1806 in "Magna Britannia" as follows:

BUCKLAND, in the hundred of Aylesbury and deanery of Wendover, has a parochial chapel, subject to the church of Bierton; it lies about five miles and a half east of Aylesbury, near the road to Tring. The manor was anciently in the families of Clifford and Leybourne; from the latter it passed by a female heir to the Despensers. Richard Neville, the great Earl of Warwick, died seized of it in 1469; it afterwards came to the crown. The Dormer family became possessed of it by purchase or grant, in the 16th century; from them it passed by marriage to the Stanhopes, and is now the property of the Earl of Chesterfield. The great tithes are appropriated to the dean and chapter of Lincoln.

Names, Geographical

The name Buckland is speculated to derive from being a piece of land granted to some early bishop by boc, or royal charter.

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Photographs

• Buckinghamshire Church Photos by Kevin Quick.
• Buckinghamshire Records and Local Studies Service - large collection of old photos of Buckinghamshire

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[Last updated: 16th November 2009 - Kevin Quick]