BUCKLAND (WEST), a parish in the hundred of
BRAUNTON, though locally in the hundred of South Molton,
county of DEVON, 5 miles (N. W.) from South
Molton, containing 288 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £13. 13. 4., and
in the patronage of Lord de Dunstanville. The church,
dedicated to St. Peter, has a carved wooden screen,
highly enriched, separating the nave from the chancel.