Buckenham is a small village in the civil parish of Strumpshaw, in the Broadland district, in the county of Norfolk, England, situated on the northern bank of the River Yare around 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Norwich. In 1931 the parish had a population of 128.^[1]

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Buckenham
St Nicholas' church, Buckenham
Buckenham Location within Norfolk
Civil parish	Strumpshaw
District	Broadland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Norwich
Postcode district	NR12
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.599°N 1.477°E / 52.599; 1.477

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Buckenham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Bucca's homestead.^[2] On 1 April 1935 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Strumpshaw.^[3]

In the Domesday Book, Buckenham is recorded as consisting of 195 households with the principal landowners being King William, Bury St Edmunds Abbey and William d'Ecouis.^[4]

The parish church, St Nicholas Church, Buckenham, is Grade I listed and currently in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Nearby Buckenham Marshes RSPB reserve is a haven for birdwatching, including taiga bean geese, lapwings and wigeons.

Buckenham railway station serves the outlying communities and the RSPB reserve. The station is served by Wherry Lines trains from Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.^[5]

Buckenham's war memorial is a stone Cross of Sacrifice located in St. Nicholas' Churchyard. It lists the following names for the First World War:

• Captain Victor W. Harrison (1895–1918), Royal Flying Corps
• Second-Lieutenant Cyril H. Harrison (1897–1917), 10th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
• Private Ernest A. Curtis (1893–1918), 19th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
• Private Jonathan Balls (1887–1917), Depot, Manchester Regiment
• Private Herbert H. Curtis (1889–1917), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

And, the following for the Second World War:

• Able-Seaman Ronald G. Tidman (1910–1942), HMS Palomares^[6]