Norfolk: Guestwick

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

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GUESTWICK, a scattered village and parish, 5 miles N.W. of Reepham, has 200 souls, and 1650 acres. W.E.L. Bulwer, Esq., owns most of the soil, and is lord of the manor, impropriator, and patron of the Church (St. Peter,) which was appropriated to Waltham Abbey by Everard de Geiste, and has a tower at the east end of the north aisle, and some fine specimens of ancient stained glass. The vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £5. 10s., and in 1831, at £75, has 18A. of glebe, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Edward Bulwer, of Sall. It was augmented with £200 of Queen Anne's Bounty, in 1809.

Lady Suffield, Sir E.H. Alderson, W.M. Heath, Esq., and a few others, have estates in the parish.

Here is a large Independent Chapel, founded in 1652, but rebuilt in 1809, and repaired and partly rebuilt, in the Tudor style, in 1840. The minister's house was erected in 1721, and attached to it is 17A. of land.

The poor have 20s. a year, out of 3A. left by Wm. Bulwer, in 1678.

Wm. Godwin, author of "Caleb Williams," and other works, was born here, and is the son of a late Independent minister.

         Dewing    John              blacksmith
         Drane     Rev Robert        Independt. min.
         Rump      Charles           shoemaker
 
            FARMERS.
 
         Barber    George
         Goldsmith Samuel            Old Hall
         Hasel     Elizabeth
         Ireland   Anthony Woodhouse (valuer)
         Pegg      Joseph
         Seaman    Robert
         Thomas    Ann
         Thomas    Anthony
 

See also the Guestwick parish page.

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