Norfolk: Old Buckenham
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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
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- 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.
-
Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Church of All Saints
- Church guide.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
- 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.
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]
- 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
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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: 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.
- 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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
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
Land and Property
- 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]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Street map of Old Buckenham
- Roads, buildings, etc.
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military History
- Old Buckenham Airfield
- Description and pictures.
- Old Buckenham Airfield
- Description and pictures.
- 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.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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."
Voting Registers
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February 2016