Description
Buxton, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands on the river Bure, 4 miles SSE of Aylsham, and 8 N of Norwich, under which it has a post, money order, and telegraph office, and a station called Buxton-Lamas on the G.E.R. A Roman station is supposed to have been here, and Roman urns and other Roman relics have been found. The parish comprises 1316 acres; population of the civil parish, 546; of the ecclesiastical, with Oxnead, 616. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Oxnead, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net yearly value, £350 with residence. The church is ancient, has a square tower, and was restored in 1881-82. There are a Baptist and a Wesleyan chapel, and some useful charities.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
