Swardeston

Coordinates: 52°34′44″N 1°14′59″E / 52.57879°N 1.24985°E / 52.57879; 1.24985
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Swardeston
St Mary's church, Swardeston
Swardeston is located in Norfolk
Swardeston
Swardeston
Location within Norfolk
Area3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population619 
• Density157/km2 (410/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG202028
Civil parish
  • Swardeston
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR14
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
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52°34′44″N 1°14′59″E / 52.57879°N 1.24985°E / 52.57879; 1.24985

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]

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[3] by King William I. The manor given to Roger[4] 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)[5] and the ECB National Club Cricket Championship in 2019, when they defeated Nantwich at Lord's by 53 runs.[6] 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]

  1. ^ "Swardeston parish information". South Norfolk Council. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 1110 ISBN 0-14-143994-7
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Swardeston take the honours on Club T20 finals day". ECB.
  6. ^ 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[edit]

Media related to Swardeston at Wikimedia Commons

Swardeston CC [1]

https://swardestonhistory.webnode.co.uk/ Old Swardeston history site]