Buckland Monachorum is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England, situated on the River Tavy, about 10 miles north of Plymouth.
Buckland Monachorum | |
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Village & civil parish | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Region | South West England |
| County | Devon |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 1,511 |
| Post code | PL20 |
In 2006 the neighbourhood had an estimated 1,511 residents and 654 dwellings. The electoral ward of the same name gave a population of 3,380 at the 2011 census.[1] At the 2011 United Kingdom census the civil parish had a population of 3763.[2]
Domesday Book (1086) records Buckland Monachorum (Bocheland) as having 46 households, land for 15 ploughs, a salt pan and a fishery.[3] It was in the possession of William de Poilley, one of 17 estates he held in southern Devon as a tenant-in-chief of William the Conqueror.[4][5]
Near to Buckland Monachorum is Buckland Abbey, home of Sir Francis Drake during the Elizabethan era. The village is the site of St Andrew's, a 12th-century church with a Saxon baptismal font and the tombs of the Drake family and Lord Heathfield, the defender of Gibraltar, many historic buildings, and a complex of interesting gardens, known as "The Garden House". The Gift House, a seventeenth-century Almshouse, was built by a descendant of Sir Francis Drake.
The Drake Manor Inn - a public house, restaurant and B&B - is also situated in the village. A general store and Post Office was situated in the village until 2003. St Andrew's C of E Primary School is located in the village, providing education for around 200 pupils from the local area. In 2007 Ofsted judged the school 'outstanding'.[6]
Civil parish edit
In addition to Buckland Monachorum, the parish includes the villages of Yelverton, Clearbrook, Crapstone and Milton Combe.[7]
Notable people edit
- Seth Lakeman, Sam Lakeman and Sean Lakeman, folk musicians who grew up as brothers in the village.
References edit
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Buckland Monarchorum parish (E04003313)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics.
- ^ Domesday Book, a complete translation. Penguin, London; 2003, p.316
- ^ Sheppard, Richard. "Principal Holders of Devonshire Manors in the Domesday Book - Hemyock Castle". hemyockcastle.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "William 60". domesday.pase.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "St Andrew's Church of England Primary School". Offsted Inspection Reports. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Parish Information". bucklandmonachorum-pc.gov.uk. Buckland Monachorum Parish Council. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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