Buckenham
Buckenham | |
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![]() St Nicholas' church, Buckenham | |
![]() ![]() Buckenham Location within Norfolk | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Norwich |
Postcode district | NR12 |
Buckenham is a small village in the English county of Norfolk situated on the northern bank of the River Yare around 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Norwich. The village is the location of the RSPB Buckenham Marshes nature reserve.
The villages name origin is uncertain but probably means 'Bucca's homestead/village' or 'bucks' homestead/village'.
The Rev. was the evangelical vicar of Hassingham and Buckenham from 1863 to 1871.[1] Haslam was supported by his wife and the preacher who they had met in Bath. Hooper began her first large mission here before becoming a well known touring preacher.[2]
The former parish church, St Nicholas' Church, Buckenham, is now redundant and cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. It dates from the 13th Century and has a rare octagonal tower.[3] The village now lies within the civil parish of Strumpshaw .
Buckenham railway station serves the outlying communities and the RSPB reserve. The station is served by Wherry Lines trains from Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft on weekends only.[4]
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References[]
- ^ Haslam, William (1882). Yet Not I. London: Morgan & Scott. ISBN 0-548-77869-8. (Currently out of print)
- ^ "Hooper [married name Dening], (Emma) Geraldine Henrietta Hamilton (1841–1872), preacher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47053. Retrieved 27 July 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas (1304389)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ 'Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft', Greater Anglia, May 2013.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Buckenham
External links[]
Media related to Buckenham at Wikimedia Commons
- Villages in Norfolk
- Broadland