Buckenham Parva / Buckenham-near-Tofts / Buckenham Tofts / Bukenham / Bukenham Parva / Little Buckenham / Bukenham

INFORMATION

FontID: 18381BUC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew [abandoned after the Reformation; in ruins by the 18th century]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: It was located 10 NE of Brandon, 10 km WSW of Watton, 13 km NNW of Thetford
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of Grimeshoe [aka Gimeshou]
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Decorated
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church has been so long demolished, that the very site of it is not known; it is said to be about the upper end of the canal in the gardens, near the garden-house; it was dedicated to St. Andrew", and names "William de Caston" as its first recorded rector, in 1300". The two entries in Domesday (fol. 235, 281), under 'Bukenham', list neither church nor priest in them. [NB: we have no information on the font from the old demolished church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 344687 5821520

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810