Parish Records (Births, Marriages, Deaths: BMDs)
The early Church Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths (BMDs) are deposited at Surrey History Centre (SHC/2998).  These span the dates from 1560 to 1837, but it is an eighteenth-century transcript translated from Latin that survives.   The first volume contains two books of unequal size in parchment bound together; the first part has baptisms, marriages, and burials to 1667 with one baptism of 1675, and the second baptisms and burials to 1776 and marriages to 1753.  The second book contains marriages from 1754 to 1812, and the third baptisms and burials from 1777 to 1812.   These are only practical to search using the index document, a 91-page typed transcript (c.1960), available from Surrey History Centre, the Church Vestry Archive or as a PDF (on request from the webmaster).
 
Later BMD records (since 1837) are held in National BMD Indexes which are also online via several intermediaries, such as Ancestry.co.uk.  
 
Current registers held at the church start as follows:  Baptisms from 26 January 1890; Marriages from 19 September 1839, and Burials from 23 November 1967.   These books are not full yet!
 

Parish Magazine Archives
We have an archive of Parish Magazines extending from the first edition in January 1926, to the present day.  These are held in the Church, with the exception of the last 2-3 years, held by the editor.  The magazines and printed and bound, but there is no index.  Contact the Webmaster if you you wish to view the Buckland Parish Magazine Archive or if you have a search enquiry.


Books about Buckland, Surrey

1999 - 'Buckland 1000-2000: A Village History of Buckland Surrey' by Duncan Ferns
(145pp, ISBN 0 9535919 0 5, out-of-print).   This was the first book to focus on the history of Buckland village.   It has been considerably updated and expanded in the second, larger edition, published in 2019 and still available (see below).

2006 - The Story of Buckland Village School 1822-1981, by Jim Docking and Jenny Euston  
(148pp, ISBN 0 95544350 0 5, out-of-print).   Now available with full text online at: 
https://www.bucklandsurrey.org.uk/village-history/the-story-of-buckland-village-school

2014 - 'A Buckland Memorial: the Life and Death Stories of those commemorated on the War Memorial' by James Day
(631pp, no ISBN, e-book).  This mammoth book has excellent large format photographs with throroughly-researched stories of each person commemorated on Buckland War Memorial, on the village green opposite St Mary's Buckland.
Now available with full text online at: https://www.bucklandsurrey.org.uk/local-amenities/war-memorial

2019 - 'Buckland 1000-2000 with 20-20 vision: a Village History of Buckland Surrey' by Duncan Ferns.  After 20 years since the first edition, with considerable additional research, more photographs and a much expanded contents list, a second edition of the village history was published (294pp, ISBN 9 781527 244030).   New copies of this book are still available from the author (£20 + p&p): contact Webmaster to order. 

2020 'Monumental Inscriptions for St Mary's Buckland' (on line publication)
Using the best available information and a thorough on-the-ground survey, a report was generated in 2020 for all Monumental Inscriptions, including gravestones, ashes memorial plaques, rose-bed memorial placques, and plaques mounted on the interior walls of the church.   The 500 or so entries are indexed by name and date.   There is an accompanying plan of the graveyard and photographs of each grave and plaque.   This book, including the graveyard plan and photographs, is available online at the links from this page (SEE BELOW).   A printed copy is also available at the back of our church.

2025 Buckland's Past Lives: Learning from Memorials by Duncan Ferns (Published 2025)
In the period from 2020-2025, over 50 articles were published in Buckland Parish Magazine, each concerning an individual or a family with a grave or memorial inscription in the graveyard and church of St Mary's Buckland.   The articles have since been collated into a book: 'Buckland's Past Lives: Learning from Memorials',  308pp.     New copies of this book are still available from the author (£20 + p&p): contact Webmaster to order. 


St Mary the VIrgin Buckland - 2020 Graveyard Survey
The 94-page report comprises the following sections:

1. Location Plans
2. Survey methods and Findings
3. Transcripts of Gravestone Memorial Inscriptions (MIs) – 369 graves
4. Transcripts of Ashes Memorials, Rose bed and Church Plaque Mis – 150+ records
5. Transcripts of Lost Graves, recorded in 1888 but no longer present – c.40 records
6. Index of all names – over 900 names, cross referenced to lists in 3 &4 above.

Access the GRAVEYARD SURVEY 2020 here in PDF format without charge.  [Note some pages are intentionally blank for presentation in 2-sided printing].
Paper reference copies of the report are available at the following locations:

• Church of St Mary the Virgin, Buckland, Surrey
• Meg Ryan Archive at The Hamilton Room, Betchworth
• Local History Library, Redhill
• Surrey History Centre, Woking.

Check the websites of these locations for opening times and whether appointments are required.
 
Searching Tip
If you just want to find a family name, go straight to the INDEX (starting on p.76) of the Report, which will give you the page number of the full inscription.   The memorial reference number will also enable you to find the exact location on the Plans in section 1.