BUXTON, a parish in the southern division of the
hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles
(N..W.) from Coltishall, containing 504 inhabitants.
The living- is a discharged vicarage, with the rectories
of Oxnead and Skeyton annexed, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£5. 13. 9., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in
the patronage of George Anson, Esq. The church is
dedicated to St. Andrew. There is a place of worship
for Particular Baptists. In this parish are two almshouses,
endowed by Sir John Picto with eighteen -acres
of land. . This was a subordinate Roman station, the
name of which is .not precisely known; several coins,
urns, and other- remains of that people have been discovered.