All we know for sure about the Oldbucks was that they had their roots in the Marish, and that region evidently remained their folkland until the time they removed to Buckland across the Brandywine. Stock was the largest town in this region, and indeed the only significant town of any size, so on balance it seems likely that the Oldbucks were historically associated with that settlement. We cannot be certain on this point: the Oldbucks might potentially have originated in the village of Rushey, south of Stock, or may have had some other seat not mentioned in later records of the Shire.
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