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Guist
Guist (/ˈɡaɪst/) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the nearby hamlet of Twyford.
Guist is located 7.6 miles (12.2 km) north of Dereham and 18 miles (29 km) north-west of Norwich.
Guist's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Gaega's dwelling.
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 East Anglian estates of King William I, William de Warenne, Roger Bigod, Ralph Baynard and John, nephew of Waleran.
There is a disused lime kiln in Guist that was built between 1814 and 1846.
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.
According to the 2021 census, Guist has a population of 267 people which shows an increase from the 250 people recorded in the 2011 census.
Guist is located at the junction of the A1067, between Fakenham and Norwich, and the B1110, between Holt and Dereham. The majority of the village is part of the Sennowe Park Estate.
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Guist
Guist (/ˈɡaɪst/) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the nearby hamlet of Twyford.
Guist is located 7.6 miles (12.2 km) north of Dereham and 18 miles (29 km) north-west of Norwich.
Guist's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Gaega's dwelling.
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 East Anglian estates of King William I, William de Warenne, Roger Bigod, Ralph Baynard and John, nephew of Waleran.
There is a disused lime kiln in Guist that was built between 1814 and 1846.
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.
According to the 2021 census, Guist has a population of 267 people which shows an increase from the 250 people recorded in the 2011 census.
Guist is located at the junction of the A1067, between Fakenham and Norwich, and the B1110, between Holt and Dereham. The majority of the village is part of the Sennowe Park Estate.