Buckenham, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Buckenham, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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 Redundant Churches Trust who have taken care to restore some of the damage.

BUCKENHAM or BUCKENHAM-FERRY (St. Nicholas), a parish,in the union and hundred of Blofield, E. division ofNorfolk, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from Norwich; containing 60 inhabitants. The village is pleasantly situated on the river Yare, over which is a ferry.

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Browse Bishop's Transcript Images on FamilySearch


 * 1705 Image 393
 * 1715-1716 Image 1211
 * 1722-1723 Image 58 Buckenham Ferry

This parish's registers do not appear at FamilySearch Historical Records as no microfilm for the parish is held. The Norfolk Record Office reference is PD 87/1-8 A search of the FamilySearch Catalogue identifies the following Archdeacon's transcripts:

Known Issues

The collection images at FamilySearch Historical Records are incorrectly named at present Buckenham but awaiting correction to read Old Buckenham after engineering. They do not refer to Buckenham St Nicholas but Old Buckenham, Norfolk.

Non-Conformist Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * 1613-1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Civil Registration Districts

 * Blofield 1837-1938
 * Norwich Outer 1939-1974
 * Norwich
 * Civil registration events post 1837 may be searched online Free BMD

Probate Records
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B

Poor Law Unions

 * For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Blofield/Blofield.shtml
 * The union consisted of the following parishes: Acle, Beighton, Blofield, Bradestone, Brundall, Buckenham Ferry, Burlingham St Andrew, Burlingham St Edmund, Burlingham St Peter, Cantley, Freethorpe, Halvergate, Hassingham, Hemblington, Limpenhoe, Lingwood, Moulton, Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead, Postwick, Ranworth with Panxworth, Reedham, Southwood, Strumpshaw, Thorpe St Andrew, Tunstall, Upton with Fishley, Walsham St Lawrence, Walsham St Mary, Wickhampton, Witton, Woodbastwick. Blofield Union was incorporated under the 1834 Act. The Union Workhouse was opened in 1836 at Lingwood. Blofield Union Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 3 in 1930. Received by the Norfolk Record Office on 6 May 1971 (C/GP2/29) and on unknown dates.
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Maps and Gazetteers
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England Jurisdictions 1851 •Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Buckenham on GenUKI