Eggbuckland

Eggbuckland
Looking southwards beyond the A38 road
Eggbuckland  Eggbuckland shown within Devon
District	Plymouth
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PLYMOUTH
Postcode district	PL6 5xx
Dialling code	01752
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Devon

Eggbuckland is a predominantly 1970s suburban residential area within the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England. It was once a small village, a mile away.

Bocheland is of Saxon origin and means "Royal land held by charter". The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded that this manor was held by the King, William of Normandy, but was granted to the Saxon Heche or Ecca, thus the land was known as Heche or Ecca's Bocheland. This was the site of a Saxon church which was replaced by the present church of St Edward in 1470. The village was held by the Royalist Cavaliers during the Civil War against the Parliamentarian Roundheads and was badly damaged.

Over time the name has been corrupted and by 1685 was Egg Buckland. By 1902, it was one word - Eggbuckland although the older usage is still seen and heard around the city.

The suburb is home to Eggbuckland Community College and several primary schools. Olympic diver Tom Daley attended the college until moving to another local school in 2009, allegedly because he was bullied at Eggbuckland, although his studies at Eggbuckland enabled him to obtain 1A and 8A* grades in his GCSEs.

Alternative-pop band Panda Bear Jones recorded their first EP in Eggbuckland. Eggbuckland also provides the name of their website www.stuckineggbuckland.com as well as being the setting for much of its fictional content.