Buxton, Norfolk

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Buxton
Location within Norfolk
Area0.7700 km2 (0.2973 sq mi)
Population1,295 (2021 census)
  Density 1,682/km2 (4,360/sq mi)
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR10
Dialling code 01603
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Norfolk
52°45′00″N1°18′00″E / 52.750°N 1.300°E / 52.750; 1.300

Buxton is a village in the parish of Buxton with Lamas in the English county of Norfolk.

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Buxton is located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south-east of Aylsham and 9.2 miles (14.8 km) north of Norwich.

History

Buxton is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin; it derives from an amalgamation of Old English and Old Norse for a settlement, either named for 'Bucca' or deer. [1]

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. [2]

In 1931, the parish had a population of 490. [3] On 1 April 1935, the parish was abolished to form Buxton with Lamas. [4]

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. [5]

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; in 1927, they 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. [6]

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.

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Buxton, including Lamas, has a population of 1,642 people which shows a slight decrease from the 1,684 people recorded in the 2011 census. [7]

Buxton is separated from Lamas by the River Bure.

St. Andrew's Church

Buxton's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates to the Fourteenth Century. St. Andrew's church is located at the junction between Aylsham Road and Mill Street and has been Grade II listed since 1961. [8] The church was significantly remodelled in the 1850s with stained-glass depicting the Nativity, Crucifixion and the Ascension designed by Charles Clutterbuck as well as depictions of the Good Samaritan and the Raising of Lazarus by Thomas Willement and other works by Ward and Hughes. [9]

A new bell that commemorates the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II was hoisted in April 2023. It is the only one in the United Kingdom that carries the Queen's Platinum Jubilee dedication. [10]

Transport

Buxton Lamas railway station was opened in July 1879 by the Great Eastern Railway, which connected the village to Aylsham, Coltishall and beyond. It was closed to passengers in September 1952 and then to freight in April 1965. [11]

The Bure Valley Railway now runs a heritage miniature line through the village. A new station, Buxton railway station, provides services to Wroxham and Aylsham. [12]

Bus routes that serve Buxton are operated by Sanders Coaches, Our Bus and Feline Executive Travel. Destinations include Norwich, Aylsham, Wroxham and North Walsham. [13]

Notable Residents

Governance

Buxton is an electoral ward for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.

War Memorial

Buxton's war memorial is a stone Celtic cross located in St. Andrew's Churchyard which has been Grade II listed since 2017 and is shared with Lamas. [14] The following men from Buxton fell during the First World War: [15]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial
Cpl.Albert E. Earl7th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 28 Apr. 1917 Arras Memorial
Cpl.Arthur Goodson9th Bn., Norfolk Rgt.1 May 1917 Loos Memorial
LCpl.Thomas J. Smith1/5th Bn., Norfolk Rgt.19 Apr. 1917 Jerusalem Memorial
Pte.Cyril Betts1/8th Bn., Argyll and Sutherland Highlndrs. 9 Apr. 1914 Roclincourt Cemetery
Pte.Benjamin Smith5th Bn., Canadian Mounted Rifles 3 Jun. 1916 Hagle Dump Cemetery
Pte.H. Woodhouse4th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment 12 Nov. 1918St. Andrew's Churchyard
Pte.Edward F. Sword17th Bn., Royal Fusiliers 18 Apr. 1917 Arras Memorial
Pte.Harry Barton101st Coy., Labour Corps 14 May 1918 St. Sever Cemetery
Pte.John A. Abbs10th Bn., Lancashire Regiment 22 Mar. 1918 Arras Memorial
Pte.George Kerrison1st Bn., Middlesex Regiment 28 Oct. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.Robert Clarke1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment 23 Apr. 1917 La Chaudière Cemetery
Pte.George H. Goffin3rd Bn., Norfolk Rgt.22 Feb. 1920St. Andrew's Churchyard
Pte.Herbert E. Lane8th Bn., Norfolk Rgt.21 Mar. 1918 Arras Memorial
Pte.Albert L. Cook1st Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment 15 Nov. 1917 Lijssenthoek Cemetery
Pte.Bertie C. Child1/5th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers 18 Sep. 1918 Trefcon Cemetery
Pte.Redcar Matthews5th Bn., Northumberland Fus.26 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
Pte.Cyril B. Tucker5th Bn., Northumberland Fus.14 Nov. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.A. Woodehouse1/6th Bn., Northumberland Fus.29 Sep. 1916 Millencourt Cemetery
Wkr.Mary Matthews Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps 17 Feb. 1919 Étaples Cemetery

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