The West Berkshire Historic Environment Record (HER) is the primary index of the physical remains of past human activity in the unitary authority of West Berkshire Council. Limited elements of the West Berkshire HER are available online via the Heritage Gateway, therefore it is not suitable for use in desk-based studies associated with development, planning and land-use changes, and does not meet the requirements of paragraph 194 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2021: 56). Please read
the important guidance on the use of the West Berkshire HER data. For these purposes and all other commercial enquiries, please contact the Archaeology team and complete our
online HER enquiry form.
Domesday settlement and centre of a hundred, with a Norman church and Elizabethan manor
Bucklebury village is a small settlement on the River Pang, lying within a large parish. Astill considers Bucklebury as a 'potential late Saxon urban settlement' because it was the centre of a Domesday hundred, a royal manor and has the place name 'Burghild's fortified place' <1>. Myres <2> classified Bucklebury as a 'villa regalis'. Recent reseach <15> conjectured that Bucklebury might have been an early monastic site, partly suggested by the place name suffix 'bury' being attached to a female personal name. In 1086 the church is recorded as holding half a hide, and it may perhaps have been a minster church.
St Mary's has 11th century components, and there is a fishpond complex 500m southeast of the village by Manor Farmhouse. A large part of the Elizabethan manor built by John Winchcombe was destroyed in a fire in the early 19th century. The village formerly contained an iron foundry.
| <01> | Astill, G G. 1978. Historic Towns in Berkshire: an archaeological appraisal. P6. [Monograph / SWB10869] |
| <02> | MYRES, J N L. 1954. 'The Anglo-Saxon Period' in The Oxford Region (ed Martin and Steel). P98. [Monograph / SWB12952] |
| <03> | Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. 57b, 60a, 61c, 63b. [Monograph / SWB14587]
https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023) |
| <04> | Kemble, John Mitchell. 1839-1848. Codex Diplomaticus (Cod. Dipl.). K. K 1208. [Monograph / SWB13687]
http://www.kemble.asnc.cam.ac.uk/ (Accessed 09/03/2015 - under development? 17/12/2018) |
| <05> | Birch, W de G (ed). 1885-1893. Cartularium Saxonicum. B 919. [Monograph / SWB13686]
http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/desc/0511 (Accessed 06/01/2016) |
| <06> | Berkshire Archaeological Society et al. 1925. BERKS, BUCKS AND OXON ARCH J 1925 VOL 29. 29. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p210-12 in Berkshire Charters. [Article in serial / SWB10748]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=29 (Accessed 27/07/2016) |
| <07> | Peake, H. 1931. The Archaeology of Berkshire. p184. [Monograph / SWB10018] |
| <08> | Gray, E W (ed)?. pre 1839. The History and Antiquities of Newbury and its Environs. p205-215. [Monograph / SWB11182]
https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00unkngoog (Accessed 16/07/2019) |
| <09> | Humphreys, Arthur L. 1932. Bucklebury - A Berkshire Parish. [Monograph / SWB9146] |
| <10> | n/a. 1922. Sale Catalogue of the Bucklebury Estate. [Unpublished document / SWB147091] |
| <11> | Betjeman, J and Piper, J (eds). 1949. Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide. p118. [Monograph / SWB10404] |
| <12> | Hadcock, R N. 1968. Rural District of Bradfield (Berkshire), Official Guide. P20-23. [Monograph / SWB14015] |
| <13> | Poole, K. 1991. A History of St Mary the Virgin, Bucklebury, Marlston Chapel and All Saints' Upper Bucklebury. [Unpublished document / SWB147264] |
| <14> | Storey, C et al (ed). 1999. Bucklebury in Focus. [Monograph / SWB13951] |
| <15> | Corcos, N. 21/11/2003. Research by Nick Corcos on Bucklebury's origins - possible monastic site. [Unpublished document / SWB14549] |
| <16> | Hartley Russell, W. 2010. Bucklebury Estate Website. http://buckleburyestate.com. 01/10/2010. [Website / SWB147954]
http://buckleburyestate.com (Accessed 08/11/2011) |
| <17> | Timmins, G. 2011. Bucklebury - A Village History. [Unpublished document / SWB148372] |
| <18> | Rocque, J. 1761. Rocque's Map of Berkshire. 1:35,000 (approx). Marked 'Bucklebury'. [Map / SWB7242]
https://www.rct.uk/collection/700042/rocques-map-of-berkshire (Accessed 09/02/2021) |
| <19> | Greenaway, D. 2007. Around the Valley of the Pang. p98. [Monograph / SWB147222] |
| <20> | Ballard, J. 1763. Map of the Manors of Bucklebury and Stanford Dingley. 20" to 1 mile. [Map / SWB148940] |
| MWB4117 | 1 and 2 Riverside Cottages, Bucklebury (Building) |
| MWB4119 | Barn 30m southwest of Manor Farmhouse, Bucklebury (Building) |
| MWB4112 | BUCKLEBURY (Place) |
| MWB6235 | Bucklebury Mill (also known as Black Barn) (Monument) |
| MWB4115 | BUCKLEBURY VICARAGE (Building) |
| MWB20072 | Foundry House, Bucklebury (Building) |
| MWB4116 | Manor Farm fishponds, Bucklebury (Monument) |
| MWB4118 | Manor Farmhouse, Bucklebury (Building) |
| MWB19620 | Mortuary Chapel, Bucklebury Cemetery (Building) |
| MWB4122 | Site of Bucklebury Foundry (Monument) |
| MWB4113 | St Mary's Church, Bucklebury (Building) |
| MWB18670 | The Old Post Office, Bucklebury (Building) |
| MWB17704 | The Old School, Bucklebury (Building) |
| MWB4114 | The Old Vicarage, Bucklebury (Building) |
| MWB20924 | The Victory Room, Bucklebury (Building) |