Guston

Other current and historical names

Gocistone

Parish/Community: Guston
District/Borough: Dover
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'18"N 1°19'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 632242, 144761
OS Grid: TR322447
Mapcode Local: GBR X2L.JH0
Mapcode Global: VHLHB.T7JF

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

Guston in historic gazetteers

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

Guston, par. and vil., E. Kent, 2½ miles N. of Dover, 1413 ac., pop. 481.

Guston in the Domesday Book

A village in Bewsbury hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: Canons of Dover St Martin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Dover
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs

British Place Names

Guston, Kent

Guston is a village in Kent

Guston in historic gazetteers

Guston in the Domesday Book