Guestwick
| Guestwick | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, Guestwick | |
  Guestwick Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 3.91 sq mi (10.1 km2) |
| Population | 210 (2021 census) |
| • Density | 54/sq mi (21/km2) |
| OS grid reference | TG061269 |
| • London | 131 miles (211 km) |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DEREHAM |
| Postcode district | NR20 |
| Dialling code | 01362 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
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 miles (16.4 km) west of Aylsham and18.7 miles (30.1 km) north-west of Norwich.
History
[edit]Guestwick's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for Guist's clearing.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
Railway embankments and infrastructure are still visible from the old North Norfolk Railway.[5]
Geography
[edit]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.[6]
St. Peter’s Church
[edit]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.[7] The church is still open for Sunday services and is part of the Heart of Norfolk Churches Benefice.[8]
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.[9]
Governance
[edit]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
[edit]Guestwick's war memorial is a marble plaque inside St. Peter's Church which lists the following names for the First World War:[10]
| 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
[edit]- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Guestwick | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "mnf13124 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Mee, Arthur (1972). Norfolk. Internet Archive. London, Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-15061-0.
- ^ "mnf13584 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Guestwick (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Guestwick - 1050963 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Guestwick: St Peter". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Geograph:: Garboldisham to Gunton :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
External links
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Media related to Guestwick at Wikimedia Commons