Guist
| Guist | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St. Andrew's Church, Guist | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF999255 |
| Location: | 52°47’26"N, 0°57’48"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 267 (2021) |
| Post town: | Dereham |
| Postcode: | NR20 |
| Dialling code: | 01362 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Breckland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Norfolk |
Guist is a village in Norfolk, seven and a half miles north of East Dereham and 18 miles north-west of Norwich. The majority of the village is part of the Sennowe Park Estate.
The wider civil parish also includes the nearby hamlet of Twyford. The 2021 census recorded a parish population of 267.
Guist's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Gæga's dwelling.[1]
History
In the Domesday Book, Guist is listed as a settlement of 29 households in the Hundred of Wayland. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of the King, William de Warenne, Roger Bigod, Ralph Baynard and John, nephew of Waleran.[2]
There is a disused lime kiln in Guist that was built between 1814 and 1846.[3]
In 1929, the whole village was re-built as a model village under the instruction of Sir Thomas Cook MP, the Lord of Sennowe Park.[4]
Parish church
Guist's parish church, St Andrew's, on Norwich Road, dates from the sixteenth century. It is a Grade II listed building.[5] The church is part of the Heart of Norfolk Benefice.[6]
The chancel of St Andrew's was rebuilt in the 1880s by Herbert John Green in memory of John Norris Spurgeon who served as Vicar of the parish between 1861 and 1907.[7]
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References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Guist in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "mnf12553 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf12553.
- ↑ "mnf50295 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf50295.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1306255: Church Of St Andrew (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Guist: Saint Andrew" (in en). https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10056/service-and-events/events-all/.
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/guist/guist.htm.