Guestwick
Village in Norfolk, England
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::summary Village in Norfolk, England ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Guestwick |
| country | England |
| region | East of England |
| shire_district | Broadland |
| shire_county | Norfolk |
| civil_parish | Guestwick |
| static_image | St Peter, Guestwick, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 536821.jpg |
| static_image_width | 240px |
| static_image_caption | St Peter's Church, Guestwick |
| population | 210 |
| population_ref | (2021 census) |
| coordinates | |
| os_grid_reference | TG061269 |
| post_town | DEREHAM |
| postcode_area | NR |
| postcode_district | NR20 |
| dial_code | 01362 |
| constituency_westminster | Broadland and Fakenham |
| london_distance | 131 mi |
| area_total_sq_mi | 3.91 |
| :: |
| official_name = Guestwick | country = England | region = East of England | shire_district = Broadland | shire_county = Norfolk | civil_parish = Guestwick | static_image = St Peter, Guestwick, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 536821.jpg | static_image_width = 240px | static_image_caption = St Peter's Church, Guestwick | population = 210 | population_ref = (2021 census) | coordinates = | os_grid_reference = TG061269 | post_town = DEREHAM | postcode_area = NR | postcode_district = NR20 | dial_code = 01362 | constituency_westminster = Broadland and Fakenham | london_distance = 131 mi | area_total_sq_mi = 3.91
Guestwick is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the hamlet of Guestwick Green.
Guestwick is located 10.2 mi west of Aylsham and18.7 mi north-west of Norwich.
History
Guestwick's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for Guist's clearing.
In the Domesday Book, Guestwick is listed as a settlement of 20 households hundred of Eynesford. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of William, Bishop of Thetford and Hagni the Reeve.
In 1652, a Congregationalist Chapel was built in the parish which was re-built in 1840 and converted into a private dwelling in the 1990s. The chapel was one of the oldest in England and the minister was once John Godwin, the father of William Godwin and grandfather of Mary Shelley.
Railway embankments and infrastructure are still visible from the old North Norfolk Railway.
Geography
According to the 2021 census, Guestwick has a population of 210 people which shows an increase from the 207 people recorded in the 2011 census.
St. Peter’s Church
Guestwick's parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the Twelfth Century. St. Peter's is located within the village on Church Lane and has been Grade I listed since 1961. The church is still open for Sunday services and is part of the Heart of Norfolk Churches Benefice.
St. Peter's was restored in the Victorian era but still retains its Fifteenth Century font. The church holds a good collection of Fifteenth Century stained-glass and some stained-glass wildlife installed by Adam O'Grady in 2000.
Governance
Guestwick is part of the electoral ward of Eynesford for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.
The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.
War Memorial
Guestwick's war memorial is a marble plaque inside St. Peter's Church which lists the following names for the First World War: ::data[format=table title=""]
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of death | Burial/Commemoration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lt. | Cubitt A. Ireland MC | 6th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 14 Oct. 1917 | Arras Memorial |
| Sgt. | Henry E. Jordan MiD | 11th Bn., Essex Regiment | 24 Feb. 1916 | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
| Dvr. | Ernest E. Dagless | 2nd Coy., Machine Gun Corps | 9 Apr. 1918 | Lillers Cemetery |
| Pte. | Percival S. Gibbs | 7th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment | 15 Mar. 1917 | Achiet-le-Grand Cemetery |
| Pte. | Walter E. Gibbs | 9th Bn., Royal Fusiliers | 27 Mar. 1918 | Pozières Memorial |
| Pte. | George F. Pearce | 17th Bn., Middlesex Regiment | 28 Apr. 1917 | Arras Memorial |
| Pte. | Henry E. Broadwater | 1st Bn., Queen's Royal Regt. | 13 Apr. 1918 | Ploegsteert Memorial |
| :: |
References
References
- "Key to English Place-names".
- "Guestwick {{!}} Domesday Book".
- "mnf13124 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer".
- Mee, Arthur. (1972). "Norfolk". London, Hodder and Stoughton.
- "mnf13584 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer".
- "Guestwick (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
- "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Guestwick - 1050963 {{!}} Historic England".
- "Guestwick: St Peter".
- "Norfolk Churches".
- "Geograph:: Garboldisham to Gunton :: War Memorials in Norfolk".
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