Buckland, Surrey

Buckland, Surrey

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Buckland
latitude= 51.2439
longitude= -0.255
static_

static_image_caption=Buckland windmill
population= 285
os_grid_reference= TQ218508
OldMapsYear=
shire_district= Mole Valley
shire_county = Surrey
region= South East England
population=585 [ [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspublications.nsf/591f7dda55aad72a80256c670041a50d/5704c50aaae44f6580256e350052f5c1/$FILE/Mole%20Valley%20parishes.pdf Surrey County census] ]
constituency_westminster= Mole Valley
Ambulance= Surrey
post_town= Betchworth
postcode_district = RH3
postcode_area= RH
dial_code= 01737

Buckland is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England. The village situated is between Dorking and Redhill. The civil parish of Buckland covers 515 hectares.

Buckland appears in Domesday Book as "Bochelant". It was owned by John of Tonbridge. Buckland had a church, water-mill and thirty-five heads of household. Of these, seventeen farmed the land owned by the feudal lord, and ten were servants of the estate. [ [http://www.bucklandsurrey.net/HISTORY/Book/history.htm Surrey Domesday Book] ]

The village church "St Mary the Virgin" was built in 1380. [ [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/venue.php?V=563 St Mary the Virgin] ] The windmill is a tourist focal point.

References

External links

* [http://www.francisfrith.com/search/England/Surrey/Buckland/Buckland.htm Old photos]
* [http://www.windowonwoking.org.uk/sites/goldsworthparkcommunityassociation/memorialsworldwar1andtwo/surreywarmemorialspagee/MoleValleyBoroughWarMemorials/buckland War memorial]


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