Norfolk: Guestwick

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Guestwick is about 8 miles W. of Aylsham.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter: Description and pictures.
Church of St Peter: Services, etc.
Cotton, Simon; Sayer, Michael; and Tricker, Roy: St Peter's Church, Guestwick.
[Guestwick, Norfolk, 1979?]
Rogerson, Andrew: Three Norman churches in Norfolk.
[Excavations: All Saints, St Andrew and St Mary (Barton Bendish), St Andrew (Framingham Earl) and St Peter (Guestwick)]
[East Anglian Archaeology, Report 32, 1987]
Guestwick Congregational Church: Description and pictures.
Alexander, John, 1792-1868: The death of ministers, an event of peculiar importance: a sermon, preached in the Independent Meeting-House at Guestwick, April 2, 1824, after the internment of J. Sykes [John Sykes, Dissenting Minister]. To which is prefixed a brief history of the church and its ministers.
[Norwich, 1824]
Cozens-Hardy, Basil: The first seventy years of Guestwick Independent Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.21, 1923]
Thorpe, A.F.: From the Guestwick Church Book, 1692-1732.
[In "Transactions of the Congregational Historical Society", vol.XVI, no.4, 1951]

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Pryor, Kathryn: The first register of Guestwick Independent Church 1694-1854.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 2000]

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Guestwick was in Aylsham Registration District.

Description and Travel

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Directories

Historical Geography

Guestwick is in Eynsford Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Eynsford Hundred
Description of Eynsford Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

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Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Guestwick became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1801	26	30	129
1811	31	35	151
1821	23	36	171
1831	37	39	188
1841	36	--	200
1851	39	--	222

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	42	--	203
1871	42	42	196
1881	40	40	183
1891	41	41	190
1901	43	43	207
1911	--	46	194

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

Voting Registers

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