Kerdiston / Cardeston / Kerdeston / Kerdestuna / Kerdistone

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes that "Earl Goodwin father of King Harold" was lord of "Kerdestuna [...] on whose death the Conqueror seized it, and Ralph held it at the survey, under the Earl Warren", and at the Domesday survey it had "a moiety of a church endowed with 7 acres [...] and a priest 7 acres" [NB: the "moiety" was for the nearby church at Reepham]. In his Reepham entry, Blomefield (ibid.) notes the following: "The church of Refham serves also for the village of Kerdeston, as belonging to the same lords. There was formerly a chapel in Kerdeston, standing in a close on a hill, called the chapel close, no part of it is now standing, being carried away at times to build and repair neighbouring houses; some low, hollow ground may be observed, where it is said was a moat, &c. but it is more probable that this was the manorhouse and chapel of the Kerdestons." [NB: we are not ertain whether or not the chapel had parochial functions or not; we have no information on a font in it] [cf. Index entry for a font at nearby Reepham].