Buckland (Dover), Kent

Historical Description

Buckland, a parish in Kent, on the river Dour, is now part of Dover town. Acreage, 972; population, 4344. The surface is hilly. There are paper and corn mills. A lepers' hospital was founded about 1150. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £260. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, partly in Norman and partly in Early Decorated styles, has been thoroughly restored and considerably enlarged. There is an ancient yew tree in the churchyard, which was transplanted in 1880. A new organ was erected in 1884. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient County	Kent
Ecclesiastical parish	Buckland-in-Dovor St. Andrew
Hundred	Bewsborough
Lathe	St. Augustine
Poor Law union	Dover

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Buckland next Dover, St Andrew: baptisms 1578-1912, marriages 1577-1928, burials 1577-1929

Findmypast have the following online for Buckland next Dover, Workhouse: baptisms 1855-1911

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Buckland (Dover) from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Buckland-in-Dovor (St. Andrew))

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.