Old Buckenham, Norfolk Genealogy

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

Parish History
BUCKENHAM, OLD (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Guiltcross, hundred of Shropham, W. division of Norfolk, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Attleburgh. There are places of worship for Baptists, Sandemanians, and Primitive Methodists. Old Buckenham All Saints is an Ancient parish and is adjacent to New Buckenham, Norfolk It has an octagonal 14th century tower and thatched nave and chancel and retains medieval bench ends with figures carved to represent Old Testament prophets.

The Buckenham neighbours should not be confused with Buckenham, Norfolk

Registration Districts

 * Guiltcross1837-1902
 * Wayland 1902-1974
 * Free BMD

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

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Norfolk Record Office.

Poor Law Unions

 * Guiltcross Poor Law Union
 * Swaffham Workhouse
 * See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Probate records
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

England Jurisdictions 1851 •Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Old Buckenham on GenUKI