BUCKLAND-DENHAM, a parish (formerly a market-town) in the hundred of KILMERSDON, county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (N. W. by N.) from Frome, containing 440 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Prebendary of Buckland-Denham in the Cathedral Church of Wells, rated in the king's books at £6. 9. 7., and endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. This was formerly a place of greater importance, having been distinguished for the manufacture of woollen cloth. The inhabitants are now chiefly engaged in the cultivation of teasel, for the use of the clothiers in the neighbouring towns. A market, to be held on Tuesday, and a fair on the eve, day, and morrow of St. Michael, were granted, in the 24th of Henry III., to Geoffrey Dinant, lord of the manor. The assizes were frequently held in a town-hall here.BUCKLAND-EGG, a parish in the hundred of ROBOROUGH, county of DEVON, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from Plymouth, containing 954 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £8. 4. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown. The Methodists have a meeting-house within the parish. A fair for live stock is held on the second Wednesday in June. The Ply- "mouth railway crosses the parish. There is a small endowment for a charity school, which is chiefly supported by subscription.