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}}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 {{convert|3.95|km2|abbr=on}}WEB,weblink Swardeston parish information, South Norfolk Council, 11 December 2007, 20 June 2009, dead,weblink" title="archive.today/20120805194216weblink">weblink 5 August 2012, and had a population of 619 at the 2011 census.WEB,weblink Parish population 2011, 8 September 2015,

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 {{ISBN|0-14-143994-7}} 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 {{convert|45|acre|m2}} of land and {{convert|2|acre|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

Swardeston Cricket Club

Swardeston hosts a successful cricket team, who have won ECB National Club Twenty20 three times (in 2010, 2016 and 2019)NEWS, Swardeston take the honours on Club T20 finals day,weblink ECB, and the ECB National Club Cricket Championship in 2019, when they defeated Nantwich at Lord's by 53 runs.NEWS, Southwell, Connor, Swardeston beat Nantwich by 53 runs at Lord's in National Club County Championship Final,weblink 17 September 2019, Eastern Daily Press, 16 September 2019, 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

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