I went on a ramble today to New Buckenham and came across its castle. Did you know there was a castle at New Buckenham? Well it all started with William d’Abini with the Norman victory in 1066. He was given lands as his reward for supporting William the Conqueror so he built Castle Rising to defend his lands in North Norfolk and built a castle at New Buckenham to defend his lands in South Norfolk. In 1145 his son, also named William, decided to build a new castle that had a better site and was nearer to the Norwich and Thetford road, he also gave the old castle to the Augustinians from which they built a priory. William then built the village of New Buckenham to service his castle but what was unique about the street layout? How did New Buckenham become so wealthy? What did William build to protect his castle? It was attacked several times over the centuries but who attacked it in 1263 and 1461? To find out more please select the following link:
https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/norfolk/castles/new-buckenham-castle.htm
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