Norfolk: Old Buckenham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Old Buckenham is about 8 miles N.N.W. of Diss.
See also New Buckenham, Buckenham (Ferry) and Buckenham Tofts.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1811: Surname List
1821: Surname List
1811 and 1821: Complete Transcriptions by Graham Loveday King, 1977.
[Norfolk FHS Library and other locations]
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Church of All Saints: Church guide.
Church of All Saints: Pictures of the church.
Turner, Brian: The Church of Old Buckenham.
[All Saints' Church Restoration Fund, the O.B. Series, 1992]
Old Buckenham Methodist Church: Minister, services, address, picture, etc.

Church Records

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]
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

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.

Description and Travel

Banham, New Buckenham and Old Buckenham: News, events, description, organisations, maps, pictures, etc.
Old Buckenham: News, events, parish council, etc.
Old Buckenham: News and events.
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.
[Wymondham, H.G. Stone, 1949]
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.

Gazetteers and Directories

Old Buckenham is in Shropham hundred.

Land and Property

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.
[In Norwich Local Studies Library, 1985]
The first castle: Description and picture.
The second castle: Description and pictures.
The second castle: Description.
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]

Maps

Street map of Old Buckenham: Roads, buildings, etc.
Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Guiltcross Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military History

Old Buckenham Airfield: Description and pictures.
Old Buckenham Airfield: Description and pictures.
Old Buckenham Airfield: Description.
Old Buckenham Airfield: Description.
Bodle, Peter; and North, Tony: The 453rd Bomb Group in Norfolk: a pictorial history of the USAAF's 453rd Bombardment Group at Old Buckenham, during WWII.
[ISBN 0956180308, Stoke Ferry, Liberator Publishing, 2009]
(No author): The Liberator Men of "Old Buc": The Story of 453rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II, 29 June 1943 - 15 September 1945.
[1999]

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Old Buckenham became part of the Guiltcross Union, and the workhouse was at Kenninghall.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801 124 164   845

1811 200 200 1024

1821 227 234 1134

1831 242 259 1201

1841 272 -- 1255

1851 288 -- 1401

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 287 -- 1214

1871 300 302 1218

1881 268 299 1146

1891 268 269 1063

1901 252 252 1005

1911 -- 268 1076

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."

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