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Keswick, South Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°35′35″N 1°15′58″E / 52.593°N 1.266°E / 52.593; 1.266
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Keswick
All Saints' Church
Keswick is located in Norfolk
Keswick
Keswick
Location within Norfolk
OS grid referenceTG212044
Civil parish
  • Keswick and Intwood [1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR4
Dialling code01603
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52°35′35″N 1°15′58″E / 52.593°N 1.266°E / 52.593; 1.266

Keswick (/ˈkɛzɪk/) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Keswick and Intwood, in the English county of Norfolk.

Keswick is located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east of Wymondham and 2.4 miles (3.9 km) south-west of Norwich.

History

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Keswick's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the farm specialising in cheese.[2]

In the Domesday Book, Keswick is listed as a settlement of 38 households in the hundred of Humbleyard. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Roger Bigod and Godric the Steward.[3]

A watermill is recorded in Keswick since the time of the Norman Conquest, along the River Yare. The current building was built in the Nineteenth Century and has now been converted into private residences.[4][5]

Keswick Hall was built in the Nineteenth Century by William Wilkins in the Regency style for the Gurney family. The hall was requisitioned during the Second World War and was later used as a teacher training college.[6]

All Saints' Church

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Keswick's church is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches, dating from the Twelfth Century. All Saints' is located close to Low Road and has been Grade II listed since 1987.[7] The church is open once a month for Sunday service.[8]

All Saints' holds a stained-glass window designed by William Morris in the 1950s which depicts Saint Hope.[9]

Notable Residents

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Governance

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Keswick is part of the electoral ward of Cringleford for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is South Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.

War Memorial

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Keswick's war memorial is a marble plaque affixed to the exterior of All Saints' Church which lists the following names for the First World War:[10]

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial/Commemoration
Sjt. Edward V. Edwards 9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 7 May 1918 All Saints' Churchyard
Gnr. William R. Gooch 5th Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery 21 Nov. 1916 Karasouli War Cemetery
Pte. Alfred G. Bailey 13th Bn., Royal Fusiliers 15 Nov. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Edgar H. Larwood 7th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 1 Nov. 1918 Norwich Cemetery
Pte. William H. Evenden 8th Bn., Norfolk Regt. 21 Oct. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte. James B. Edwards 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment 8 Apr. 1918 All Saints' Churchyard
Pte. George E. Brock 8th Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment 12 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
Rfn. William G. A. Ashfield 16th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps 12 Oct. 1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial

The following names were added after the Second World War:

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial/Commemoration
Capt. James E. D. Lowe 2nd Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment 9 Feb. 1945 Taukkyan War Cemetery
Gnr. Leonard L. Bumfrey 65 AT Regt., Royal Artillery 1 Jun. 1940 Dunkirk Town Cemetery
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References

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  1. ^ "Keswick and Intwood Parish Council | Home". Archived from the original on 21 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Keswick | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. ^ "mnf4005 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Norfolk Mills - Keswick watermill". norfolkmills.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  6. ^ "mnf9760 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  7. ^ "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Keswick and Intwood - 1050544 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Keswick: All Saints". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Geograph:: Ickburgh to Knapton :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
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