Norfolk: Guist

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Guist is about 6 miles S.E. of Fakenham.
The name may also be spelled Geist or Geiste.

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 Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Services, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Guist Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Guist 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

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (24): Geist.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1813.
[1813]
Great Britain: Statute: Guist Inclosure Act, 1813.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Geist, in the county of Norfolk: 23rd March 1813.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1813]
[London, J. Dorington, 1813]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Guist became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

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	28	48	234
1811	32	57	260
1821	39	73	308
1831	78	89	363
1841	82	--	425
1851	76	--	368

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	75	--	361
1871	70	74	330
1881	76	77	390
1891	74	74	366
1901	75	75	381
1911	--	80	352

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.

1901 Census: "Including Upper Guist."

Voting Registers

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