The buckland Surname
buckland Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of the many places in southern
England (including nine in Devon) named Buckland, from Old English
boc ‘book’ + land ‘land’, i.e. land held by right of
a written charter, as opposed to folcland, land held by right
of custom.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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