Old Buckenham

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Old Buckenham
Old Buckenham shown within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TM0691
Parish	Old Buckenham
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ATTLEBOROUGH
Postcode district	NR17
Dialling code	01953
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	South West Norfolk
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°28′N 1°02′E / 52.47, 1.03

Old Buckenham is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, approximately 29km (18 miles) south-west of Norwich.

1 History
- 1.1 Toponymy
- 1.2 Nineteenth century
2 Governance
3 Geography
4 Education
5 References

[edit] History

[edit] Toponymy

Old Buckenham was listed as Bucham, Buccham or Bucheham in the 1068 Domesday Book. The name comes from the Old English for "homestead of a man called Bucca".^[1]

[edit] Nineteenth century

During the nineteenth century there was a small Sandemanian community in the village which scientist Michael Faraday visited twice, in 1850 and 1852.^[2]

[edit] Governance

Old Buckenham is in the Buckenham ward of the district of Breckland. It is part of the constituency of South West Norfolk, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Christopher Fraser.^[3] It is part of the East of England constituency of the European Parliament.

[edit] Geography

Old Buckenham is in the southern part of the county of Norfolk, approximately 29km (18 miles) south-west of Norwich and about 5km (3 miles) south of its post town, Attleborough. Nearby villages include New Buckenham, Puddledock, Wilby and Banham.