Garvestone

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
St. Margaret's Church, Garveston
Garvestone is located in Norfolk
Garvestone
Garvestone
Location within Norfolk
Area14.52 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Population660 2011
• Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG025072
Civil parish
  • Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR9
Dialling code01362
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

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, 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]

Geography

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.

St. Margaret's Church

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]

Civil parish

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]

Notable Residents
  • Edward Wright (1561-1615)- English mathematician and cartographer

War Memorial

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:

  • Pvt. C. George Softley (1919-1943), 4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regt.
  • Pvt. Robert Frost (1906-1940), Royal Pioneer Corps
  • Ernest Greenwood
  • James Mann
  • George Richardson[8]

References
  1. University of Nottingham. Retrieved January 14, 2023. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Garveston
  2. Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved January 14, 2023. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG0207/garveston/
  3. Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved January 14, 2023. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006115
  4. Knott, S. (2006;2007). Retrieved January 14, 2023. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/garveston/garveston.htm
  5. "Relationships and changes Garveston AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  6. "Norfolk Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  7. "Population statistics Garveston AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  8. Larkin, D. (2015). Retrieved January 14, 2023. https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/211597/

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