Buckland, Hertfordshire

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Buckland
Hertfordshire
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St Andrew, Buckland
Location
Grid reference: TL356338
Location: 51°59’11"N, 0°1’36"W
Data
Postcode: SG9
Local Government
Council: East Hertfordshire

Buckland is a village in north-eastern Hertfordshire. It stands on the A10 trunk road; the old Roman Ermine Street which runs due north-south here, where the road crosses the chalk uplands between Buntingford and Royston.

To the south on the road is the equally small village of Chipping, with which it forms a joint civil parish. To the north is Reed. According to the 2001 census, Buckland had just 285 souls.

The village is found about 4½ miles south of Royston on the A10 trunk road, and about 2½ miles north of Buntingford.

The parish church is St Andrew stands at the highest point away form the road. It is a fine 14th-century church with Victorian stained glass showing scenes from the New Testament. Carved stone angels play instruments. The church possesses, in addition to those graven harps and horns, a beautifully decorated organ.

Outside links

Footpath to Barkway to the northeast
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