Buckland, Gloucestershire
Buckland is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. The parish, which also includes the village of Laverton, had a population of 225 in 2010. The village is close to the Worcestershire border and 1.2 miles (2 km) south of Broadway. East of the village is the Burhill Iron Age hillfort. To the south, and within Buckland Parish, is the hamlet of Laverton. Within the village itself is the medieval Church of St Michael, a seventeenth-century manor house, and what claims to be the oldest Rectory in England.
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The north wing of Buckland Manor, from the Churchyard | |
Map of Buckland and Laverton | |
Buckland Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 224 (including Laverton) 2010 estimate |
| OS grid reference | SP081361 |
| • London | 83 mi (134 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Broadway |
| Postcode district | WR12 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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