Buckland Monachorum

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
Village & Civil Parish
CountryUnited Kingdom
RegionSouth West England
CountyDevon
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,511
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]

Domesday Book (1086) records Buckland Monachorum (Bocheland) as having 46 households, land for 15 ploughs, a salt pan and a fishery.[2] 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.[3][4]

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 popular 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'.[5]

Nearby villages include:

Notable people

References
  1. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. Domesday Book, a complete translation. Penguin, London; 2003, p.316
  3. Sheppard, Richard. "Principal Holders of Devonshire Manors in the Domesday Book - Hemyock Castle". hemyockcastle.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  4. "William 60". domesday.pase.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  5. "St Andrew's Church of England Primary School". Offsted Inspection Reports. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

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