Buxton, Norfolk

Buxton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Buxton with Lamas, in the Broadland district of the county of Norfolk, England. Buxton is located between Norwich and Aylsham and is separated from Lamas by the River Bure. In 2021 it had a population of 1295.[1]

Not to be confused with Buxton, Derbyshire.

Buxton
St Andrew, Buxton
Buxton is located in Norfolk
Buxton
Buxton
Location within Norfolk
Area0.7700 km2 (0.2973 sq mi)
Population1,295 (2021 census)
• Density1,682/km2 (4,360/sq mi)
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorwich
Postcode districtNR10

History

Buxton is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of Old English and Old Norse for a settlement either named for 'Bucca' or deer.[2]

In the Domesday Book, Buxton was recorded as a settlement of 34 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. The principal landowner was Ralph de Beaufour.[3]

In 1931 the parish had a population of 490.[4] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form "Buxton with Lammas".[5]

Buxton Watermill has stood in the village in some form since before the Domesday Book and was last rebuilt in 1754 by the local merchant, William Pepper.[6]

Nearby Dudwick Park is listed building and was built for John Wright, a Quaker banker, in the Eighteenth Century. Wright's charitable donations to the village resulted in the construction of what is now Buxton Primary School and an institution for young offenders where the Rowan House currently stands. By the Nineteenth Century, Dudwick Park had passed to the Sewell family, another Quaker family, who further extended the village school and, in 1927, funded the construction of the Village Hall. In 1937, the house was passed to Percy Briscoe, a tea-planter from Ceylon, who significantly remodeled the exterior.[7]

The village was home to a workhouse during the Eighteenth Century due to the provisions of the English Poor Laws. The foundations of the building still exist on the Buxton-Horstead Road.

St. Andrew's Church

Buxton's Parish Church is of Norman and is dedicated to Saint Andrew. St. Andrew's was significantly remodelled in the Nineteenth Century with new stained glass being installed by Charles Edmund Clutterbuck, Thomas Willement and Ward and Hughes yet many of the corbels date from the Fourteenth Century.[8] A new bell that commemorates the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee was hoisted in April 2023. It is the only one in the United Kingdom that carries the Queen's Platinum Jubilee dedication.[9]

The former Great Eastern Railway opened Buxton Lamas railway station in 1879, though this was subsequently closed in 1965. prior to closure of the line.

The Bure Valley Railway, operates Buxton railway station which provides services to Wroxham and Aylsham.

Notable Residents

War Memorial

Buxton War Memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross and is located in St. Andrew's Churchyard.[10] It lists the following names for the First World War:

  • Corporal Albert E. Earl (d.1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Corporal Arthur Goodson (d.1917), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Lance-Corporal Thomas J. Smith (d.1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Cyril Betts (1895-1914), 1/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
  • Private Benjamin D. Smith (1891-1916), 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
  • Private Horace Woodhouse (1900-1918), 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
  • Private Edward F. Sword (d.1917), 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
  • Private Albert H. Thirtle (1899-1918), 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment
  • Private Harry Barton (1885-1918), 101st Company, Labour Corps
  • Private John A. Abbs (1899-1918), 10th Battalion, Lancashire Regiment
  • Private George W. Kerrison (d.1916), 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
  • Private Robert Clarke (d.1917), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private George H. Goffin (1880-1920), 3rd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Herbert E. Lane (d.1918), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Albert L. Cook (1895-1917), 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
  • Private Bertie C. Child (d.1918), 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
  • Private William F. Norgate (1891-1917), 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
  • Private Redcar G. Matthews (d.1917), 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
  • Private Cyril B. Tucker (d.1916), 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
  • Private Albert E. Wodehouse (1893-1916), 1/6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
  • Worker Mary M. Matthews (1891-1919), Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps[11]

References
  1. "Buxton (Broadland)". City Population De. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 18, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Buxton
  3. Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 18, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG2322/buxton/
  4. "Population statistics Buxton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  5. "Relationships and changes Buxton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. Neville, J. (2003). Retrieved November 18, 2022. https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/buxton.html
  7. Visit East of England. (2022). Retrieved November 18, 2022. https://www.visiteastofengland.com/attraction_activity/buxton
  8. Knott, S. (2019). Retrieved November 19, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/buxton/buxton.htm
  9. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-65327072
  10. Historical England. (2022). Retrieved November 19, 2022. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1442069
  11. Lowe, G and Smith, L. (2003). Retrieved November 19, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Buxton.html

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