Griston

Griston

Griston is a village in the Wayland area of south-west/middle of Norfolk. It has a church in the name of St. Peter and St. Paul, a pub 'The Waggon And Horses', an elderly home 'Thorpe House', a day care centre for the elderly, it hosts part of the RAF Watton wartime airfield (now belonging to the USAAF), and the category C Wayland (HM Prison). It lies between the town Watton, Norfolk, where the nearest high school is Wayland Community High School and a fellow Wayland village of Caston, where the nearest primary school is Caston CE VA Primary School.

History of Griston

The village can be traced back to the "Domesday Book".

The village used to be made up of mainly prison officers that worked at the prison; and the day care centre used to be a club for them.


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