Meanings
plural Bucklands
- A number of places in England:
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district: the parish is unusually long and narrow (OS grid ref SP8812).
- countableuncountableAn eastern suburb of Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8771).
- countableuncountableTwo hamlets, East Buckland and West Buckland, in Thurlestone parish, South Hams district, Devon.
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0836).
- countableuncountableA suburb of Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ3196).
- countableuncountableA suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SU6501).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Buckland and Chipping Parish Council) in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3533).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU3497).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2250).
- countableuncountableA rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Buckland No. 491.
- A number of places in the United States:
- countableuncountableA minor city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska.
- countableuncountableA town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
- countableuncountableA village in Auglaize County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, site of Buckland Historic District.
- countableuncountableA rural locality in Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
- countableuncountableA rural locality in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- countableuncountableA village near Pukekohe, Auckland region, New Zealand.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishbōc“book”
- EnglishBuckland
From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).
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Cite this entry
Buckland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buckland
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