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"BUCKENHAM (OLD,) is a large village of detached houses, skirting a pleasant green of 40 acres, shaded with trees, and distant about 1 mile N. by W. of New Buckenham, and 3 miles S. by E. of Attleborough. Its parish contains 1255 inhabitants, and 4812A. of land, mostly the property of Lady Herbert, the Earl of Albemarle, and the Rev. T.P. Slapp, the first of whom is lady of the manor, now leased during her life to J. Cuddon, Esq., of Norwich. The fee of this place was given by William the Conqueror to William de Albini, whose son was commonly called "William with the strong hand," from his having (as the legends of chivalry relate,) killed a lion by thrusting his arm down its throat, . . . His father, disliking the old Saxon castle here, erected a new CASTLE upon the hill, a little farther to the east. . . . for Augustine canons. At the dissolution it was valued at £131. 11s., and granted to Sir Thomas Knyvet. But few traces of it now remain, though the foundation of its conventual church were extant in Blomefield's time. The parish CHURCH (All Saints,) is an ancient thatched edifice, with a north aisle and octagon tower, containing five bells. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, certified at £17, and valued in 1831, at £103. It was augmented by a parliamentary grant of £800, in 1769, and £200 given by Wm. Holbeck, Esq., in 1768. The rate-payers are the patrons, and the Rev. T.P. Slapp is the incumbent. The Baptists, Sandemanians, and Primitive Methodists, have each a chapel here." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Old Buckenham is about 8 miles N.N.W. of Diss.
See also New Buckenham, Buckenham (Ferry) and Buckenham Tofts.
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- 1811: Surname List
- 1821: Surname List
- 1811 and 1821: Transcription by Graham Loveday King
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library and other locations, 1977] - 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- Church of All Saints
- Services etc.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures of the stained glass windows.
- Church Bells
- Church Bells, as described in 1874.
- Turner, Brian
- The Church of Old Buckenham.
[All Saints' Church Restoration Fund, the O.B. Series, 1992]
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Primitive Methodist Church
- Description, picture and map.
- Rye, Walter
- The First Register Book of the Parish of Old Buckenham in Norfolk, 1560-1649; transcribed, edited, and indexed.
[Norwich, Agas. H. Goose, 1902] - Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1902 (and for the censuses of 1851 to 1901), Old Buckenham was in Guiltcross Registration District.
This district was abolished on 1st April 1902 and, from then until 1930, Old Buckenham was in Wayland Registration District for civil registration.
- Banham, New Buckenham and Old Buckenham
- News, events, description, organisations, maps, pictures, etc.
- Old Buckenham
- News, events, parish council, etc.
- No author
- Views of Old Buckenham.
[1903?] - No author
- The Sporting Life of Old Buckenham.
[All Saints' Church Restoration Fund, the O.B. Series, 1990s] - Simpson, Miss, and Read, H.E.
- Some Notes on Old Buckenham, 1944-1946.
[All Saints' Church, 1980s] - Turner, Brian
- The Story of Old Buckenham.
[All Saints' Church Restoration Fund, the O.B. Series, 1992] - Wright, David
- Memories of Old Buckenham.
[All Saints' Church Restoration Fund, the O.B. Series, 1990s]
- Wright, David
- The Story of the Mills of Old Buckenham.
[Old Buckenham, Old Buckenham Windmill Committee, the O.B. Series, 1997] - Old Buckenham Dam Brigg Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Old Buckenham Mill Farm Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Old Buckenham Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Old Buckenham Tower Mill
- Description and pictures.
- Old Buckenham Wilby Warren Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1850: Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Old Buckenham to another place.
Old Buckenham is in Shropham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Shropham Hundred
- Description of Shropham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Old Buckenham Hall
- Pictures.
- Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of claims (57): Old Buckenham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1790.
[1790] - Great Britain: Statute
- Old Buckenham Inclosure Act, 1790.
An act for dividing and inclosing the commons, fens and waste lands within the parish of Old Buckenham in the county of Norfolk.
[1790] - Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
- The White Horse Public House, Old Buckenham.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1985] - The first castle
- Description and picture.
- The second castle
- Description and pictures.
- Holland, John I.
- The history of the castle of Buckenham, 1140-1649.
(From Buckenham Castle by Peter Westgate).
[New Buckenham, 1982] - Manning, Charles Robertson
- Buckenham Castle.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.11, 1892] - Remfry, Paul Martin
- Buckenham Castles (Old and New).
[ISBN 1899376283, 1997] - Westgate, Peter
- Buckenham Castle.
[Norwich, Mackley and Bunn, 1937]
- Street map of Old Buckenham
- Roads, buildings, etc.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM065913 (Lat/Lon: 52.480585, 1.039837), Old Buckenham which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Old Buckenham became part of the Guiltcross Union, and the workhouse was at Kenninghall.
- Charities
Summary published by Zachary Clark in 1811
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- 1861 Census
- "GUILTCROSS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes of this District is attributed partly to the migration of labourers to towns and manufacturing districts. In some parishes it has also been consequent upon the failure of hand-loom hemp-cloth weaving."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Cake Street, Fen Street, Puddledock, and Ragmere."