Buckenham Tofts, Norfolk
Historical Description
Buckenham-Tofts or Buckenham-Parva, a township in Norfolk, on the river Wissey, 6 miles NE of Brandon station on the G.E.R., and 8 SW by W of Watton. Post town, Mundford (R.S.O.), which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 666; population, 43. It is attached to Ickburgh, and these, together with Langford, constitute one parish. Buckenham-Tofts Hall, formerly called Buckenham House, is a chief residence.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Buckenham Parva or Tofts St. Andrew | |
Hundred | Grimshoe | |
Poor Law union | Swaffham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Buckenham Tofts from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Buckenham Parva or Tofts (St. Andrew))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.