The History Of Old Buckenham

Old Buckenham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximately 29 km (18 mi) south-west of Norwich.

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It covers an area of 20.06 km2 (7.75 sq mi) and had a population of 1,270 living in 529 households at the census 2011, rising to a population of 1,301 in 567 households at the census in 2021*. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

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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".

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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.

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Governance
Since 2015, Old Buckenham is in The Buckenhams & Banham ward of Breckland district, which returns one councillor to the district council. Since 2010, the parish is part of the Parliamentary constituency of Mid Norfolk.

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Historically the parish was part of the hundred of Shropham and also has a Parish Council.

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Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Buckenham

Source *- https://www.ons.gov.uk/