Buckenham

Not to be confused with other villages in Norfolk: Old Buckenham, New Buckenham and Buckenham Tofts.

Buckenham
St Nicholas' Church, Buckenham
Buckenham is located in Norfolk
Buckenham
Buckenham
Location within Norfolk
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR12
Dialling code01603
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°35′56″N 1°28′37″E / 52.599°N 1.477°E / 52.599; 1.477

Buckenham is a small village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Strumpshaw in the English county of Norfolk.

Buckenham is located 3.8 miles (6.1 km) south-west of Acle and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) east of Norwich.

History

Buckenham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for 'Bucca's homestead'.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Buckenham is recorded as a settlement of 195 households in the hundred of Blofield. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of King William I, St. Edmund's Abbey and William d'Ecouis.[2]

The Old Rectory was built in 1827 for the Reverend T. W. Beauchamp and is Grade II listed[3] with accompanying listed Stable & Coach house[4] and a Seventeenth Century boundary wall.[5]

On 1 April 1935, the civil parish was abolished and merged with Strumpshaw.[6]

Geography

In 1931, the parish had a population of 128.[7] This was the last time separate population statistics were collected for Buckenham as in 1936, the village was subsumed into Strumpshaw Civil Parish.

The River Yare runs through the parish.

The nearby Buckenham Marshes RSPB reserve is a haven for birdwatching, including taiga bean geese, lapwings and wigeons.[8]

Buckenham Railway Station serves the village, outlying communities and the RSPB reserve. It is a stop on the Wherry Lines, with limited services to Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.[9]

St. Nicholas' Church

Buckenham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St. Nicholas' is located on Church Road and has been Grade I listed since 1962.[10] The church's doorway dates to the Twelfth Century whilst the church fell into disuse and disrepair in the 1970s and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church boasts a carved Medieval font and originally had stained-glass windows designed by Yarrington which were destroyed by vandals in the late-Twentieth century. The church also contains memorials to members of the Beauchamp family and a Reverend George Elwin.[11]

War Memorial

Buckenham's war memorial is a stone cross of sacrifice in St. Nicholas' Churchyard which has been Grade II listed since 2017.[12] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[13]

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial
Capt. Victor W. Harrison Royal Flying Corps 1 Sep. 1918 St. Nicholas' Churchyard, Buckenham
2Lt. Cyril H. Harrison 10th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment 6 Sep. 1917 Tyne Cot
Pte. Ernest A. Curtis 19th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers 24 Jul. 1918 New Cemetery, Vlamertinge
Pte. Jonathan Balls Manchester Regiment 2 Nov. 1917 St. Nicholas' Churchyard, Buckenham
Pte. Herbert H. Curtis 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment 23 Apr. 1917 Arras Memorial

And, the following for the Second World War:

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial
AS Ronald G. Tidman HMS Palomares 9 Nov. 1942 Chatham Naval Memorial

References

  1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Buckenham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ^ "THE OLD RECTORY, Strumpshaw - 1372684 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  4. ^ "STABLE AND COACH HOUSE IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE OLD RECTORY, Strumpshaw - 1154317 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  5. ^ "BOUNDARY WALL SOUTH OF THE OLD RECTORY, Strumpshaw - 1051498 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Relationships and changes Buckenham CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Population statistics Buckenham CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Buckenham Marshes Nature Reserve, Norwich, Norfolk". www.rspb.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Timetables". Greater Anglia. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  10. ^ "CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, Strumpshaw - 1304389 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Buckenham War Memorial, Strumpshaw - 1442392 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Buckenham". www.roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

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