Guist

Guist
Wiggett memorial in the parish church of Guist, from Blomefield's Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk (1808)
Guist Guist shown within Norfolk
Area	6.80 km² (2.63 sq mi)
Population	250 (2011)^[1]
– density	37/km² (96/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF999255
Civil parish	Guist
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DEREHAM
Postcode district	NR20
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°47′26″N 0°57′48″E / 52.7906°N 0.96335°E / 52.7906; 0.96335

Guist is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 6.80 km² (2.63 sq mi) and had a population of 242 in 102 households at the 2001 census,^[2] including Twyford and increasing slightly to a population of 250 in 110 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

The village is home to the Sennowe Park Estate and is surrounded by land owned by Mr.Thomas Cooke. At the crossroads of the A1067 and the B1110 is the Clock Tower, a distinctive landmark of the area. The old 1930 bridge on the B1110 to North Elmham was replaced by an eco friendly new bridge in 2002. On the village green is an example of a brick kiln. The church of St Andrew and contains a "Green Man" carving on the pulpit.

Twyford House is a Grade II listed manor house on the edge of the village. ^[3]

The local pub is called The Ordnance Arms, where they have an adjacent Thai restaurant. As well as this business, the village also has a number of prospering farms in and around the local area.

References

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↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
↑ "Twyford House particulars". Savills.

Civil parishes of Breckland

Ashill Attleborough Banham Bawdeswell Beachamwell Beeston with Bittering Beetley Besthorpe Billingford Bintree Blo' Norton Bradenham Brettenham Bridgham Brisley Bylaugh Carbrooke Caston Cockley Cley Colkirk Cranwich Cranworth Croxton Didlington Dereham East Tuddenham Elsing Foulden Foxley Fransham Garboldisham Garvestone Gateley Gooderstone Great Cressingham Great Dunham Great Ellingham Gressenhall Griston Guist Hardingham Harling Hilborough Hockering Hockham Hoe Holme Hale Horningtoft Ickburgh Kempstone Kenninghall Kilverstone Lexham Litcham Little Cressingham Little Dunham Little Ellingham Longham Lynford Lyng Mattishall Merton Mileham Mundford Narborough Narford Necton New Buckenham Newton by Castle Acre North Elmham North Lopham North Pickenham North Tuddenham Old Buckenham Ovington Oxborough Quidenham Riddlesworth Rocklands Roudham and Larling Rougham Saham Toney Scarning Scoulton Shipdham Shropham Snetterton South Acre South Lopham South Pickenham Sparham Sporle with Palgrave Stanfield Stanford Stow Bedon Sturston Swaffham Swanton Morley Thetford Thompson Tittleshall Tottington Twyford Watton Weasenham All Saints Weasenham St Peter Weeting-with-Broomhill Wellingham Wendling Whinburgh and Westfield Whissonsett Wretham Yaxham

See also Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk South Norfolk

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