Swardeston is a village four miles (6 km) south of

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, England, on high ground above the Tas valley. It covers an area of and had a population of 619 at the 2011 census.

History

One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the

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of 1086, where it is mentioned amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod by King William I. The manor given to Roger included of land and of meadow. Its church, dedicated to

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the Virgin, has a 15th-century tower, but two arched windows indicate that its origins are

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and Norman.

Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell ( ; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape ...

, the English nurse shot dead by a German firing squad during the

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, was born in Swardeston in 1865.

Sport

Swardeston Cricket Club

Swardeston hosts a successful

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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

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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.

Notes

External links

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