Buckland

Buckland

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist William Buckland (1784-1856).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).

Buckland (countable and uncountable, plural Bucklands)

1. A number of places in England:
   1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district: the parish is unusually long and narrow (OS grid ref SP8812). ^[1]
   2. An eastern suburb of Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8771).
   3. Two hamlets, East Buckland and West Buckland, in Thurlestone parish, South Hams district, Devon.
   4. A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0836). ^[2]
   5. A suburb of Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ3196).
   6. A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SU6501).
   7. A village and civil parish (served by Buckland and Chipping Parish Council) in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3533). ^[3]
   8. A northern suburb of Dover, Kent (OS grid ref TR3042).
   9. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU3497). ^[4]
   10. A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2250). ^[5]
2. A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Buckland No. 491.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska.
   2. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
   3. A village in Auglaize County, Ohio.
   4. An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, site of Buckland Historic District.
4. A rural locality in Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
5. A rural locality in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
6. A village near Pukekohe, Auckland region, New Zealand. ^[6]
7. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Buckland is the 9506^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3419 individuals. Buckland is most common among White (93.3%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buckland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245.

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