Welcome to Bucklebury Estate
T
he Bucklebury Estate is situated in the heart of the picturesque Pang Valley in Berkshire. Currently it extends to approximately 1600 acres in the parishes of Bucklebury and Stanford Dingley and comprises of farms, forestry, residential and commercial property. It also owns Bucklebury Common.
The Estate has descended through the same family since 1540 to the current owner, Willie Hartley Russell.
The estate's 900 year history can be read about in more detail on the history page. You can also find out useful information on the house, it's gardens and it's relationship to Bucklebury Common.
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Bucklebury House
Willie Hartley Russell owner of Bucklebury Estate
Bucklebury History
Over the last 900 years there have been two owners of the Bucklebury Estate; Reading Abbey and the Winchcombe Family...
David Hartley MP
The Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull, David Hartley MP occupies a very important place in the story of American independence...
The Estate
The Bucklebury Estate is the oldest landed Estate in Berkshire and one of the oldest Estate’s in the country...
Bucklebury House
King Henry I originally bestowed the Manor of Bucklebury on the monks of Reading Abbey, who created fishponds in the grounds...
The Gardens
The Benedictine monks of Reading Abbey set out the first gardens at Bucklebury in the twelfth century, creating an elaborate system of seven fishponds...
Bucklebury Common
Bucklebury Common is one of the largest Commons in Southern England. It is privately owned by the Bucklebury Estate...