 On his return to Wraysbury in 1826, he found the moral and spiritual condition of the villagers to be in a deplorable state.The only place of worship was the parish church, the vicar of which resided at a distance.Extracts from Buckland's diary, reproduced in "The Baptist Magazine", detail how he first rented a house for meetings, and invited local ministers, Mr Hall from Poyle and Mr Hawson from Staines, to preach on alternate Sundays.