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West Buckland

Description & Travel
Gazetteers
Historical Geography
Maps

"WEST BUCKLAND, a parish in the western division of the hundred of Kingsbury, in the county of Somerset, 2 miles to the E. of Wellington, its post town. It lies near the confines of Devonshire, at the N. foot of Blackdown Hill. The Bristol and Exeter railway runs near it. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the vicarage of Wellington, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church, which is old, and partly in the Norman style, is dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities are of small value." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003

Archives and Libraries

Postcards of West Buckland
Details of Somerset Heritage Centre holdings relating to this parish.

Bibliography

Through a glass darkly, by James Skeggs, Harry Galloway Publ., 46pp, IBSN 1873931611

Churches

Anglican
Blessed Virgin Mary, West Buckland

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the West Buckland area or see them printed on a map.

The Ordnance Survey 1:10560 County Series 1st edition (c.1884-1887) map of the area provided by Somerset Heritage Centre.

The Ordnance Survey 1:10560 County Series 2nd edition (c.1900) map of the area provided by Somerset Heritage Centre.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST175205 (Lat/Lon: 50.977777, -3.176508), West Buckland which are provided by:

This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
Google Streetview
StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
OpenStreetMap
Bing (was Multimap)
OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
Elgin Road Works
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Societies

Somerset & Dorset Family History Society

You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.