Guist

Other current and historical names

Gegeseta
Gegesete
Gregeseta
Gregesete

Parish/Community: Guist
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°47'28"N 0°57'42"E
Eastings/Northings: 599797, 325628
OS Grid: TF997256
Mapcode Local: GBR S96.XMB
Mapcode Global: WHLRK.R34J

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

Guist in historic gazetteers

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

Guist, par. and vil., N. Norfolk, 2 miles NW. of Foulsham, 1674 ac., pop. 390; P.O.

Guist 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: Free men, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs
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: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 8 pigs

British Place Names

Guist, Norfolk

Guist is a village in Norfolk

Guist in historic gazetteers

Guist in the Domesday Book