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Garvestone
Village in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 English county of Norfolk.
Garvestone 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.
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History
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 of 1086, 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]
Parts of RAF Shipdham stray into Garvestone. The airfield was used by the American Eighth and Twelfth Air Forces during the Second World War.[3]
On 1 April 1935 the parishes of Reymerston and Thuxton were merged with Garveston,[4] on 4 August 1999 the merged parish was renamed "Garvestone, Reymerston & Thuxton".[5]
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Geography
According to the 2021 census, Garvestone, Reymerston & Thuxton have a population of 743 people which shows an increase from the 660 people recorded in the 2011 census.[6]
Garvestone is located along the course of the River Yare.
St. Margaret's Church
Garvestone's parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret the Virgin and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Margaret's is located within the village on Dereham Road and has been Grade II listed since 1960.[7] The church holds Sunday services once a month.[8]
St. Margaret's was heavily restored in the Victorian era but still boasts a font from the Fifteenth Century.[9]
Notable Residents
- Edward Wright- (1561–1615) mathematician and cartographer, born in Garvestone.
Governance
Garvestone is part of the electoral ward of Mattishall for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.
The village's national constituency is Mid Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's George Freeman MP since 2010.
War memorial
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Garvestone & Thuxton War Memorial is located in St. Margaret's Churchyard[10] and lists the following names for the First World War:[11]
The following names were added after the Second World War:
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