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
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR14
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of 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

2011 census.[2]

History

One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the

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
.

First World War
, was born in Swardeston in 1865.

Sport

Swardeston Cricket Club

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

In football, Norwich CEYMS of the Anglian Combination also play in the village.

Notes

  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. 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

Media related to Swardeston at Wikimedia Commons

Swardeston CC [1]

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



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