Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Buckenham, Old

Buckenham, Old, par. and vil., S. Norfolk, 2½ miles SW. of Attleborough, 4986 ac., pop. 1146; P.O.; contains ruins of Buckenham Abbey; also Buckenham House, the property of Lord Petre, who holds it by the tenure of serving as butler at the Coronation.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Old Buckenham AP/CP       Norfolk AncC
Place names: BUCKENHAM     |     BUCKENHAM OLD     |     OLD BUCKENHAM
Place: Old Buckenham

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