Buckenham Tofts
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Buckenham Tofts is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanford, in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. On 1 April 1935, the parish was abolished and merged with Stanford.
Aerial view (looking westwards) of the parkland of the former Buckenham Tofts House. The mansion house, re-built in 1803 and demolished in 1946, stood to the immediate left (south) of the landscaped serpentine lake formed by damming a tributary of the River Wissey. Army training buildings are visible, including a mock-up of an Afghan village
Soldiers relaxing on the serpentine lake at Buckenham Tofts after a day's training
Henry Partridge (1711-1793), portrait by John Vanderbank
Edward Howard (1743/4–1767), son of Henrietta Blount and heir presumptive to the dukedom of Norfolk, who died aged 23. Portrait by Pompeo Batoni
Stanford Training Area
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The Stanford Training Area, originally known as the Stanford Battle Area, is a British Army training area in the English county of Norfolk. The area is approximately 30,000 acres in size; it is some 7
Buckenham Tofts
…and Florence (born 1860). During the Second World War, the manor house was taken over by the British Army when it was incorporated into the 30,000-acre Stanford Battle Area. The military ranges were needed to prepare Allied infantry for Operation Overlord, the Battle of Normandy in 1944. It remains a prohibited area and…
Urban training compound on STANTA.
All Saints Church, Stanford.