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Name | Buckenham |
Alt names | Bucanaham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 187 | | Buchana | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 187 |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.585°N 1.474°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England ( - 1935) |
See also | Blofield Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Blofield Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | Strumpshaw, Norfolk, England | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1934 | | South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Buckenham is a small village in the English county of Norfolk situated on the northern bank of the River Yare around 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Norwich.
The former parish church, St Nicholas' Church, Buckenham, is now redundant and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. It dates from the 13th Century and has a rare octagonal tower.
Buckenham (not to be confused with Old Buckenham and New Buckenham) (both also in Norfolk) was an ancient parish and a civil parish until 1935 when it was absorbed into Strumpshaw in 1935. The area is now part of the South Norfolk District.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Buckenham from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "BUCKENHAM, a parish in Blofield [registration] district, Norfolk; on the river Yare and the Yarmouth railway, 7¾ miles ESE of Norwich. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is Cantley, under Norwich. Acres: 931. Real property: £1,394. Population: 49. Houses: 11. The property is all in one estate. A Roman station is supposed to have been here; and a ferry is here over the Yare. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Hassingham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £280. Patron: Sir J. B. Proctor Beauchamp, Bart. The church is ancient, has an octagonal tower, and was recently repaired."
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Buckenham. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Blofield Hundred.
- GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
- England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
- England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
- England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
- England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901
- Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
- Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
- Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
- FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.
Categories: Norfolk, England | Buckenham, Norfolk, England | Blofield Hundred, Norfolk, England | Blofield Rural, Norfolk, England | Strumpshaw, Norfolk, England | South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
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