Guestwick

Other current and historical names

Gegestuiet
Geghestuiet

Parish/Community: Guestwick
District/Borough: Broadland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°48'6"N 1°3'23"E
Eastings/Northings: 606148, 327077
OS Grid: TG061270
Mapcode Local: GBR TBN.9ZF
Mapcode Global: WHLRF.6TFY

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Guestwick within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Guestwick in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Guestwick, par. and ry. sta., N. Norfolk, 4 miles S. of Melton Constable sta., 1646 ac., pop. 183; P.O.; birthplace of Godwin (1756-1836) the novelist.

Guestwick in the Domesday Book

A village in Eynesford hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated); Bishop of Thetford
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £13 10/- in 1086
- Households: 21 villagers; 33 smallholders; 11 freemen; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: 340 pigs
- Churches: 1.33
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 40 pigs; 40 goats; 2 cobs; 2 beehives
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hagni the reeve
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hagni the reeve
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hagni the reeve
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs

British Place Names

Guestwick, Norfolk

Guestwick is a hamlet in Norfolk

Guestwick in historic gazetteers

Guestwick in the Domesday Book