Buckenham

Other current and historical names

Bucknam

Parish/Community: Strumpshaw
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'4"N 1°29'4"E
Eastings/Northings: 636074, 306076
OS Grid: TG360060
Mapcode Local: GBR XKJ.XWT
Mapcode Global: WHMTQ.SW57

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Buckenham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Buckenham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Buckenham, par. and ry. sta., S. Norfolk, on river Yare, 7½ miles SE. of Norwich, 931 ac., pop. 113.

Buckenham in the Domesday Book

A village in Shropham hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, ten; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 6 pigs; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Eli; Reginald
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
- Meadow: 6 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 0 geld

British Place Names

Buckenham, Norfolk

Buckenham is a hamlet in Norfolk

Buckenham in historic gazetteers

Buckenham in the Domesday Book