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Gooderstone

Gooderstone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

The village is located 5.7 miles (9.2 km) south-west of Swaffham and 30 miles (48 km) west of Norwich.

Gooderstone's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Guthere's farm or settlement.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Gooderstone is listed as a settlement of 39 households in the hundred of South Greenhoe. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of Godric the Steward.

During the First World War, a night airfield was built in Gooderstone which was repurposed during the Second World War as a bombing decoy site.

According to the 2021 census, Gooderstone has a population of 400 people which shows an increase from the 363 people recorded in the 2011 census.

The church is located along the course of the River Gadder.

Gooderstone's parish church is dedicated to Saint George and dates from the Thirteenth Century. The church is located within the village on Church View and has been Grade I listed since 1960. The church is no longer open for Sunday services.

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