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 and had a population of 619 at the 2011 census.
Correct pronunciation "Swardston";Hales, J. and Bennett, W. "Looking at Norfolk" (October 1971) Charles N. Veal & Company "Swordstun"https://friendsofnorfolkdialect.com/portfolio-items/norfolk-placenames/
History 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 BigodDomesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 1110 by King William I. The manor given to RogerRoger 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 included of land and 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 Swardeston Cricket Club Swardeston hosts a successful cricket team, who have won ECB National Club Twenty20 three times (in 2010, 2016 and 2019) and the ECB National Club Cricket Championship in 2019, when they defeated Nantwich at Lord's by 53 runs. 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.
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External links
Swardeston CC https://swardestonhistory.webnode.co.uk/ Old Swardeston history site]