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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883
[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
BUCKENHAM (NEW) is a small town with a large disused market-place, 4½ miles S. by E. of Attleborough; 15½ miles S.W. of Norwich; 95 miles N. by E. of London, and 5 miles from Tivetshall Station. Its parish is in Guiltcross union, Attleborough county court district, Norwich bankruptcy district, Shropham hundred, Guiltcross and Shropham petty sessional division, Attleborough polling district of South Norfolk, Rockland rural deanery and Norwich archdeaconry. It had 548 inhabitants in 1881, living on 324 acres, and has a rateable value of £1336.
The parish is principally the property of the executors of the late E.F. Bond, Esq. The vicar for the time being is lord of the Priory manor, and A.T. Clowes, Esq., of the Buckenham Burgh and Leet manors. The inhabitants are exempt from tolls at markets and fairs.
This parish was separated from Old Buckenham by Wm. d'Albini, who for the strengthening of the garrison of the castle which he built here, created this new burgh, with the privilege of frankpledge, assize of bread and ale, a gallows, a weekly market every Saturday, &c. The market is obsolete, but fairs for horses, cattle, &c., are held on November 22nd and the last Thursday in May.
The CHURCH (St. Martin) is a handsome edifice, comprising nave with aisles and clerestory, chancel, and square tower with six bells. It was built at various periods; the north aisle about 1479, by the contributions of several distinguished families, of whom here are various memorials, particularly of the Knyvets, one of whom was Lord Chancellor in the reign of Edward III. The Church was thoroughly restored and repewed in 1872. The living is a vicarage, worth £125 a year, in the gift of the parishioners, and incumbency of the Rev. John Woods, B.A., who has a small residence.
Here is a Wesleyan Chapel erected in 1811, at a cost of £400, and a Primitive Methodist Chapel, erected 1879.
New Buckenham School Board, formed July 1875, consists of Messrs. Wm. How (chairman), Johnson Wallis (vice-chairman), John Coleman, and Joseph Durrell. Mr. A.T. Clowes is clerk, and Mr. Edwin Le Good attendance officer. The National School is rented from the school trustees at a nominal rent of 1s. per annum.
The George and Dragon public-house, let for £76 a year, has been built by private donors in lieu of an old house which formerly stood in the centre of the Market place, and which was left by Wm. Juby in 1646, one-half for the schoolmaster, and the other for the incumbent. The latter has also about £30 a year as the rent of 13A. 2R. 16P. at Carleton Rode, left in 1692 by William Barber, who also founded an Almshouse here for four poor parishioners, and endowed it with a house and 18A. 3R. 8P. at Old Buckenham. This almshouse was re-built in 1861, chiefly at the cost of Messrs. H. and J.J. Turner, and the four inmates have each 2s. 6d. per week, and an allowance of coal yearly.
The Overseers' Lands comprise 4½ acres, let for £16 a year, which is applied in aid of the poor's rates, two houses for aged poor were built in 1862, adjoining Barber's almshouse. The Church Land, 6A., is let for £18; and the High Bailiff's Land, 5½A., is let for £14, which is expended in repairing the market-cross, two town pumps, and the church clock. There is a common of 80 acres, the rights upon which belong to numerous owners.
POST, MONEY ORDER AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE at Mr. Edwin Le Good's. Letters arrive at 7.50 a.m., despatched at 6.40 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m. viâ Attleboro'.
Aldis William carpenter
Austin James saddler and harness maker, agt. to
the Norwich Union Fire & Life
Insce. Co. Beech cot
Brown Albert pony and trap on hire
Buddery Henry shoemaker
Calver Wm. shoemkr. & shopkeeper
Clowes Arthur Tallent solctr. commr. in the High ct. & for
ackngts. by married women, clerk to
the Justices for the divsn. of
Guiltcross & Shropham, to the
Guardians of the Guiltcross union,
to the rural sanitary authority,
school attendance committee, and to
the New Buckenham School Board,
supt. registrar, agt. to the Norwich
Union Fire, & Norwich Union Life
Assurance Societies, & the Norwich
& London Accidental Assce Soc.,
Market pl
Davey Mr William
Davy Dl. cooper, basketmkr. & grocer
Davy Thomas tailor
Dennis Charles farmer
Durrell Mr Joseph
Edwards John B. farmer, Grange farm
Filby George carrier
Gall John, Esq. J.P. The Grange
Holl Arthur, M.R.C.V.S. vet. surgeon
Holl George Taylor board schlmstr
Holl Lanham baker, miller, corn and coal merchant
Holl Mrs Maria
How William farmer, The Rookery
Howard Horace Fulcher, surgeon, dist. medical officer to the
M.R.C.S. & L.S.A. Guiltcross & Depwade unions
Humphrey William carpenter
Kemp Miss Martha
Lambert James fowl dealer
Lansdell George pork butcher
Laurence Benjamin butcher, farmer and cattle dealer
Le Good Edwin postmaster, stationer & fancy
repository, assistant overseer,
agent to the Scottish Union
& National and Railway
Passenger Assurance Offices,
Market place
Levett Chas. coal dealer & vict. White Horse,
and carrier to Diss, Friday
Lighton Mr. William
Lighton Edward tailor
Maggs Walter collar & harness mkr
McIntyre Mrs. Fras. Elizabeth
McIntyre Miss Mary A. ladies' seminary
Morley Chas. baker and confectioner
Mornement wine & spirit & ale & porter merts.
& Drane The Stores, Market pl.
Robt. Simpson, manager
Nicholls W.M. outfitter and grocer; h Attleborough
Palmer Edward (E. & W.) inspector of weights and
measures
Palmer Edwd. & Wm. grcrs. & drprs
Palmer Miss Rebecca
Perfitt Ephraim Joseph watchmkr. & fancy repository;
h Wymondham
Pitchers John dealer and victualler, King's Head
Ribbons James greengrocer, fruiterer, fish and coal
dealer
Ribbons James, jun. glass and china dealer and hawker
Roberts William Arthur surgeon, Apothecaries' Hall, and
Ormsby, L.R.C.S. Kenninghall
& L.S.A.
Robins Jas. shopkeeper & hairdresser
Self George farmer
Simpson Robt. mgr. wine &c. stores
Smith Walter harness maker
Smith William builder
Stebbings Thomas plumber, painter and parish clerk
Turner James shoemaker
Turner Miss Mary Elizabeth
Vertigen Isaac law clerk, registrar of births and
deaths and vaccination officer for
Banham sub-district, clerk to
Fersfield School Board, assessor
and collector of taxes;
h Rose cottage
Wallis Johnson ironmonger, agent to the Lpool.
London & Globe Insce. Co
Wells the Misses Frances
& Rebecca
Wilson Mr Daniel
Woods Rev. John, B.A. The Vicarage
Woods William vict. George Hotel
CARRIERS - Filby Geo. to Banham, Kenninghall, and Old Buckenham, Mon. and Thurs. to Norwich, Wed. and Sat.; Levett Chas. to Diss, Fri.
From ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS on pages 13-16:
In the first paragraph "for 'Norwich,' [archdeaconry] read 'Norfolk.'"
See also the New Buckenham parish page.
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September 2009