Old Buckenham
Coordinates: 52°28′N 1°02′E / 52.47°N 1.03°E
| Old Buckenham | |
 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 |
| Civil 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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[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".[2]
[edit] Nineteenth century
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]
[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.[4] 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 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.
[edit] Education
Old Buckenham has a high school, and a primary school.
[edit] References
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- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ Mills, A. D. (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 60. ISBN 0192800744.
- ^ James, Frank A. J. L.; Michael Faraday (1999). The Correspondence of Michael Faraday. IET. pp. xxviii. ISBN 0863412513. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iX194mHFAcYC.
- ^ "Norfolk Parish Parliamentary Representation" (PDF). Norfolk County Council. http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=NCC006974. Retrieved 2008-06-01.[dead link]
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