Guist

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.7906|0.96335|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TF999255

| official_name = Guist

| population = 267

| population_ref = (2021 census)

| static_image = File:Guist St Andrew's church - geograph.org.uk - 2261770.jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = St. Andrew's Church

| shire_district = Breckland

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Guist

| constituency_westminster = Mid Norfolk

| postcode_district = NR20

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = DEREHAM

| dial_code = 01362

| london_distance =

| hide_services =

| area_total_sq_mi = 11.54

}}

Guist ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|aɪ|s|t}}) 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 {{Convert|7.6|mi|km}} north of Dereham and {{Convert|18|mi|km}} north-west of Norwich.

History

Guist's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Gaega's dwelling.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Guist |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Griston {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TL9499/griston/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=opendomesday.org}}

There is a disused lime kiln in Guist that was built between 1814 and 1846.{{Cite web |title=mnf12553 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf12553 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

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.{{Cite web |title=mnf50295 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf50295 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

Geography

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.{{Cite web |title=Guist (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/breckland/E04006123__guist/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

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.

St. Andrew's Church

Guist's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the Sixteenth Century. St. Andrew's is located within the village on Norwich Road and has been Grade II listed since 1960.{{NHLE |desc=CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Guist |num=1306255 |access-date=2025-04-09 }} The church still holds Sunday services every week and is part of the Heart of Norfolk Benefice.{{Cite web |title=Guist: Saint Andrew |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10056/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/guist/guist.htm |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}

Governance

Guist is part of the electoral ward of Upper Wensum for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.

The village's national constituency is Mid Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's George Freeman MP since 2010.

War Memorial

Guist War Memorial is a stone obelisk with a plinth which lists the following names for the First World War:{{NHLE |desc=Guist War Memorial, Guist |num=1449569 |access-date=2025-04-09 }}{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Garboldisham to Gunton :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/9#garboldisham-to-gunton |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Burial/Commemoration

Cpl.

|Charles Tipple

|1st Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment

|9 May 1915

|Le Touret Memorial

LCpl.