In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Buckland like this:
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.
Buckland through time
Buckland is now part of Mole Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mole Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Buckland itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buckland, in Mole Valley and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2716
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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