New Buckenham in 1542

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New Buckenham in 1542

Paul Rutledge uses documentary evidence, including that of rentals, to describe the village and its life in 1542 based on evidence of individual named houses. Article from Norfolk Archaeology XLV (2007), 222-31

Village map
Listed buildings
1597 map
Town moat
1962 aerial view
1965 aerial view
Late 60s/early 70s aerial view
1976 aerial view

Dam Brigg to Castle Hill Road
Kings Street and Queen Street
Market Place
School
Chapel Street
Marsh Lane
- Marsh Lane, other than old village hall
- Old village hall (Marsh Lane)
Boosey's Walk, Rookery and Rookery Farm
Around St Martin's Church
Around the Common
- Common
- Play ground and cricket pitch
Towards Carleton Rode

Brief history of village
A moated town
William Barber's almshouses
History of village school 1848-1912
New Buckenham: the history of a market town
Historic buildings research report (NHBG)
History of individual properties
Parish News
Who was Boosey?
New Buckenham in 1542

Silver Band
Sports
Individual people
Directories
Printed ephemera
Fêtes and festivities
Publicans
Buses and drivers
- Buses and drivers (general)
- Particular buses
Outings from the village
Roll of Honour
Past businesses
- Businesses in the 1950s
- Pre Second World War
1797 insurance policy
Written accounts
Films

Links to resources
New Buckenham Society
New Buckenham Neighbourhood Plan