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Garvestone (or Garveston) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton, in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located 3.8 miles (6.1 km) south-east of Dereham and 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Wymondham, on the upper reaches of the River Yare.
Garvestone | |
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St. Margaret's Church, Garveston | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 14.52 km2 (5.61 sq mi) |
Population | 660 2011 |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TG025072 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NORWICH |
Postcode district | NR9 |
Dialling code | 01362 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Garveston's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for Geirulfr's settlement or farmstead.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Garveston is listed as a settlement of 27 households in the hundred of Mitford. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of Henry de Ferrers.[2]
According to the 2011 Census, the parish of Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton has a population of 660 residents living in 285 households. Furthermore, the parish has a total area of 5.61 square miles (14.5 km2).[3]
Garvestone falls within the constituency of Mid Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by George Freeman MP of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.
Garvestone's church tower dates from Fourteenth Century and is built in the Perpendicular style. The font dates from the Sixteenth Century and holds a stained-glass window depicting the crucifixion of Christ which dates from the 1890s.[4]
On 1 April 1935 the parishes of Reymerston and Thuxton were merged with Garveston,[5] on 4 August 1999 the merged parish was renamed "Garvestone, Reymerston & Thuxton".[6] In 1931 the parish of Garveston (prior to the merge) had a population of 265.[7]
The war memorial for Garvestone and Thuxton takes the form of a rough-hewn stone cross with a two-stepped plinth, located in St. Margaret's Churchyard. The memorial lists the following men for both villages for the First World War:
And, the following for the Second World War:
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