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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BUCKENHAM (New), a village and a parish in Guiltcross district, Norfolk. The village stands 4 miles SE of Attleborough r. station, and 7½ S by W of Wymondham; and has a post office‡ under Attleborough. It consists chiefly of small narrow streets; and is irregularly built. A weekly market was formerly held on Saturday; and fairs are still held on the last Thursday of May and Sept., and 22 Nov. The parish comprises 324 acres. Real property, £1,630. Pop., 656. Houses, 152. The property is subdivided. A castle was built here, in the time of Henry II., by William de Albini. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £115.* Patrons, the Inhabitants. The church is partly of 1479, partly earlier; has a square tower and a very beautiful screen; and contains a number of curious and interesting monuments. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, a national school, an almshouse for six women, and other charities £61.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | New Buckenham CP/AP Guiltcross RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | BUCKENHAM | BUCKENHAM NEW | NEW BUCKENHAM |
| Place: | New Buckenham |
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