Old Buckenham

Old Buckenham
All Saints Church, Old Buckenham
Old Buckenham
Old Buckenham shown within Norfolk
Area	20.06 km² (7.75 sq mi)
Population	1,270 (2011 census)
• Density	63/km² (160/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM0691
Civil parish	Old Buckenham
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ATTLEBOROUGH
Postcode district	NR17
Dialling code	01953

Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	South West Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°28′N 1°02′E / 52.47°N 1.03°E / 52.47; 1.03Coordinates: 52°28′N 1°02′E / 52.47°N 1.03°E / 52.47; 1.03

Old Buckenham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximately 29 km (18 mi) south-west of Norwich. It covers an area of 20.06 km² (7.75 sq mi) and had a population of 1,294 in 658 households at the 2001 census falling to a population of 1,270 living in 529 households at the census 2011. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

Old Buckenham was listed as Bucham, Buccham or Bucheham in the 1068 Domesday Book. The name comes from the Old English for "homestead of a man called Bucca".

During the nineteenth century there was a small Sandemanian community in the village which the natural philosopher Michael Faraday visited many times in the 1850s and 1860s.

Old Buckenham is in the Buckenham ward of the district of Breckland. It is part of the constituency of South West Norfolk, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Elizabeth Truss. It is part of the East of England constituency of the European Parliament.

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