Buckenham, Norfolk Genealogy

Parish History
Buckenham St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich and the deanery of Blofield. It should not be confused with Old Buckenham, Norfolk New Buckenham, Norfolk in the diocese.

It has a rare 13th century octagonal tower.

The church was declared redundant in the 1970's suffered heavy vandalism until taken over by the Redunant Churches Trust who have taken care to restore some of the damage.

Church records
This parish does not appear on Record Search as no microfilm for the parish is held A search of the Family History Library Catalogue indicates that the following Archdeacon's transcripts are on film but these have not yet been converted to digital images for publication

Civil Registration Districts

 * Blofield
 * Civil registration events post 1837 may be searched online Free BMD

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Probate Records
Norfolk_Probate_Jurisdictions_Parishes_B

Poor Law Unions

 * Blofield    http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Blofield/Blofield.shtml
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Maps and Gazetteers
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England Jurisdictions 1851 •Vision of Britain