Buckenham
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Buckenham is a former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Strumpshaw, in the English county of Norfolk. It is located south-west of Acle and east of Norwich on the northern bank of the River Yare. Buckenham Marshes RSPB reserve in the parish is a bird reserve operated by the RSPB and much of the area of the former parish lies within The Broads National Park.
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Buckenham is a former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Strumpshaw, in the English county of Norfolk. It is located south-west of Acle and east of Norwich on the northern bank of the River Yare. Buckenham Marshes RSPB reserve in the parish is a bird reserve operated by the RSPB and much of the area of the former parish lies within The Broads National Park.
Buckenham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and in the Domesday Book it is recorded as a settlement of 195 households in the Hundred of Blofield. It formed part of the estates of William the Conqueror, Bury St Edmunds Abbey and William d'Ecouis.
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