Swardeston
| Swardeston | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's church, Swardeston | |
  Swardeston Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi) |
| Population | 619 |
| • Density | 157/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG202028 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR14 |
| Dialling code | 01508 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Swardeston is a village four miles (6 km) south of Norwich in Norfolk, England, on high ground above the Tas valley. It covers an area of 3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi)[1] and had a population of 619 at the 2011 census.[2]
Correct pronunciation
[edit]"Swardston";[3] "Swordstun"[4]
History
[edit]One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is mentioned amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod[5] by King William I. The manor given to Roger[6] included 45 acres (180,000 m2) of land and 2 acres (8,100 m2) of meadow.
Its church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, has a 15th-century tower, but two arched windows indicate that its origins are Saxon and Norman.
Edith Cavell, the English nurse shot dead by a German firing squad during the First World War, was born in Swardeston in 1865.
Sport
[edit]Swardeston Cricket Club
[edit]Swardeston hosts a successful cricket team, who have won ECB National Club Twenty20 three times (in 2010, 2016 and 2019)[7] and the ECB National Club Cricket Championship in 2019, when they defeated Nantwich at Lord's by 53 runs.[8] They have also won the East Anglian Premier League eight times, including five consecutive tiles from 2012 to 2016.
Football
[edit]In football, Norwich CEYMS of the Anglian Combination also play in the village.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Swardeston parish information". South Norfolk Council. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Hales, J. and Bennett, W. "Looking at Norfolk" (October 1971) Charles N. Veal & Company
- ^ https://friendsofnorfolkdialect.com/portfolio-items/norfolk-placenames/
- ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 1110 ISBN 0-14-143994-7
- ^ Roger Bigod held a number of manors including a massive number in Suffolk and here in Norfolk given to him by King William I. These included obviously Swardeston, but also included Swainsthorpe, Ketteringham and Colney
- ^ "Swardeston take the honours on Club T20 finals day". ECB.
- ^ Southwell, Connor (16 September 2019). "Swardeston beat Nantwich by 53 runs at Lord's in National Club County Championship Final". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
External links
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Media related to Swardeston at Wikimedia Commons
Swardeston CC [1]
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