Buxton, Norfolk
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Buxton is a village in Norfolk, not to be confused with Buxton in Derbyshire.
Located between Norwich and Aylsham, Buxton is adjacent to the village of Lammas. The two villages are separated by the River Bure at Buxton Mill but are otherwise indistinguishable.
Buxton's main claim to fame is as the home village and burial place of Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty. It merited a mention in the Domesday Book of 1085.
The village lies on the Bure Valley Railway, and there is a railway halt called Buxton Lammas.
A mixture of historic 17th and 18th century houses with new housing estates, Buxton shows some signs of having been a more important centre in its earlier years. Today, it serves mainly as a dormitory for the city of Norwich.
