New Buckenham
| New Buckenham | |
 New Buckenham Market Cross Building |
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  New Buckenham |
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| Area | 1.73 km2 (0.67 sq mi) |
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| Population | 468 |
| – density | 271/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TM087904 |
| Civil parish | New Buckenham |
| District | Breckland |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR16 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Coordinates: 52°28′20″N 1°04′20″E / 52.4722°N 1.0722°E
New Buckenham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 1.73 km2 (0.67 sq mi) and had a population of 468 in 197 households at the 2001 census.[1] It is in the local government district of Breckland. The village lies between the towns of Diss and Attleborough, centred on an ancient green with a whipping post. The village is close to Old Buckenham. New Buckenham's calendar includes a traditional August Bank Holiday Fete.
A planned town
There are remnants of a medieval grid pattern with the main streets still clearly identifiable, but the village has expanded far beyond that area over the centuries. Some remains of a "Town Ditch" can be found, but no traces of it having surrounded the community at one time. Many listed timber-frame and other early buildings remain, with more recent properties among them. Three of the four larger pre-1900 houses in the village and many other dwellings lie outside the original village boundaries, as do a 1960s housing development, the village hall, the cemetery and the allotments to the north.
Notable residents
- Poet, children's author and hymn writer Emily Taylor (1795–1872) was brought up in the village and ran a school there.[2]
- Biblical scholar, writer, and minister Joseph Bryant Rotherham (1828–1910) was born there.
- New Buckenham Silver Band was created in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and continues as one of the older brass bands in East Anglia.
Notes
- ↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ ODNB. Information under Alexander Gordon, "Taylor, Edgar (1793–1839)", rev. Eric Metcalfe, ODNB, Oxford University Press, 2004 Retrieved 16 September 2014. Pay-walled.
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