Buckland, Gloucestershire

Description
Buckland, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, on the verge of the county, under the Cotswolds, 2 miles SW of Broadway, and 5 SE of Hinton station on the M.R. The parish includes the hamlet of Laverton, and its post town is Broadway. Acreage, 2275; population, 259. The manor belonged formerly to the Greshams. The living is a rectory with Laverton in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; gross value, £210 with residence. The church was erected by the abbey of Gloucester in the 13th century, and is a fine building with an embattled tower; it was restored in 1885. In the nave are ancient carved oak benches, and the east window contains some good painted glass. The register dates from 1539. There are many picturesque old houses in the village of the Tudor and earlier periods; in one of the 14th century, the rectory, built for the abbots of Gloucester, the ancient hall is still in an excellent state of preservation.