BUCKLAND, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of KIFTSGATE, county of GLOUCESTER, 6 miles
(W. S. W.) from Chipping-Campden, containing, with
the hamlet of Laverton, 382 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Glouces-.
ter, rated in the king's books at £29. 6. 8., and in the
patronage of the Marquis of Bath. The church is a
fine structure, in the later style of English architecture;
some of the windows exhibit specimens of ancient
stained glass. Henry Fred. Thynne, Esq., by deed iu
1707, gave land producing upwards of £100 per annum,
for teaching poor children of the parishes of
Buckland and Chipping-Campden, and for other charitable
purposes.