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All Saints Church, Old Buckenham |
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Old Buckenham
Old Buckenham shown within Norfolk |
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Area | 20.06 km2 (7.75 sq mi) |
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Population | 1,294 (2001 census) |
- Density | 65 /km2 (170 /sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TM0691 |
Parish | Old Buckenham |
District | Breckland |
Shire county | Norfolk |
Region | East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ATTLEBOROUGH |
Postcode district | NR17 |
Dialling code | 01953 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
EU Parliament | East of England |
UK Parliament | South West Norfolk |
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk |
Old Buckenham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximately 29 km (18 mi) south-west of Norwich. It covers an area of 20.06 km2 (7.75 sq mi) and had a population of 1,294 in 658 households as of the 2001 census[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.
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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".[2]
During the nineteenth century there was a small Sandemanian community in the village which the natural philosopher Michael Faraday visited many times in the 1850s and 1860s.[3]
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.[4] It is part of the East of England constituency of the European Parliament.
Old Buckenham is in the southern part of the county of Norfolk, approximately 29 km (18 mi) south-west of Norwich and about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of its post town, Attleborough. Nearby villages include New Buckenham, Puddledock, Wilby and Banham.
Old Buckenham has a high school, and a primary school.