Buckland, Surrey
| Buckland | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 Buckland | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ218508 |
| Location: | 51°14’38"N, 0°15’18"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 585 (2001) |
| Post town: | Betchworth |
| Postcode: | RH3 |
| Dialling code: | 01737 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mole Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mole Valley |
Buckland is a pretty little village and eastern Surrey which lies between Dorking and Reigate. The village stands beneath the scarp of the North Downs which rises above the village to the north. Buckland stands on a village green with a striking Celtic-cross war memorial. The post office and houses stand opposite looking at the green.
The village church St Mary the Virgin was built in 1380.[1] The windmill is a tourist focal point.
Buckland appears in Domesday Book as Bochelant. It was owned by John of Tonbridge. The manor is recorded as having a church, a water-mill and thirty-five heads of household. Of these, seventeen were tenants of the lord of the manor, and ten were servants of the estate.[2]
The area contains a number of clay pits.
