Buckingham Meeting House

Abstract

( Henry D. Paxson , in his address, made a " pilgrimage " back into the colonial period of Buckingham and Bucks County . He pictured the early settlements, the roads, the Indians, and other phases of frontier life . On the history of Buckingham , and of the old Meeting House, he spoke as follows:) The name Buckingham comes, of course, from old England and was always dear to the founder. It was first given to what is now Bristol Township and Bristol Borough and was then known as " New Buckingham." Upon the formation of the borough, called Bristol, the second chartered borough in Pennsylvania, the name of the township was changed to conform to that of the borough. This left Buckingham unappropriated, but it was very soon taken over by the settlers in this section, some of whom came from Buckinghamshire, England. As originally constituted, Buckingham was an immense township, being associated with Solebury under one jurisdiction. It extended from the Delaware on the east to about the Neshaminy on the west. Its north line was near the Plumstead Hills. The