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"GAYWOOD is a considerable village, at the junction of the Castle-Rising and Gayton roads, 1 mile E. of Lynn; adjoining to which town it has in its parish a suburb of cottages called Highgate, a modern row of neat houses called Albion Place, a good Inn and bowling-green, called the Spread Eagle, several windmills, and the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, already described with Lynn, to which it belongs. The parish of Gaywood has increased its population since the year 1821, from 474 to 1,064 souls, and contains about 2,200A. of land, of which nearly 1,400 acres belongs to Richd. Bagge, Esq., the lord of the manor. The Dean and Chapter of Norwich have 150A. here. . . . The inhabitants are much inconvenienced by two toll-bars at the entrances to the village from Castle-Rising and Gayton. The CHURCH (St. Faith) is a plain cemented building, with a brick tower and three bells, and is partly sheltered by the plantations of the handsome rectory-house, which adjoins the burial ground. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £5 13s. 4d., and in 1831 at £505, is in the gift of Richard Bagge, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Hulton, M.A. The National School, consisting of two large rooms for boys and girls, was built by subscription, in 1833." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, West Norfolk Branch
- Memorial Inscriptions for St Faith's Churchyard, Gaywood.
[Norfolk FHS, 1988]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
| St Faith, Gaywood, Church of England |
| Cemetery, Gaywood, Cemetery |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Faith.
- Church of St Faith
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Faith
- Services, etc.
- Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family
- Description and pictures.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Marriages 1653-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 9.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Gaywood was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.
- Avis, Anthony
- Gaywood: a Norfolk Village Childhood.
Memories of the village and people from 1927 to 1946.
[ISBN 0952366606, 1996] - Avis, Anthony
- Gaywood Remembered: a Pictorial Recollection.
[ISBN 0952366614, 1995] - Avis, Anthony
- Gaywood Past: Some Historical Notes.
[ISBN 0952366649, 1999] - Avis, Anthony
- The Avis Family of Gaywood: a brief account of their residence in Gaywood from around 1830 to 1946.
[Privately published, 2002] - Gaywood Fairstead Post Mill
- Description, history and maps.
- Gaywood Almshouse Lane Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Gaywood Almshouse Lane Tower Mill
- Description, history and maps.
- Gaywood Homeland Road Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Gaywood Loke Road Post Mill (earlier)
- Description and history.
- Gaywood Loke Road Post Mill (later)
- Description and history.
- Gaywood Wootton Road Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Gaywood Wootton Road Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Gaywood to another place.
Gaywood is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
- Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of Claims: Gaywood (25) and Mintlyn (2) [and South Wootton (7)].
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1808.
[1808] - Great Britain: Statute
- Gaywood and Mintlyn Inclosure Act, 1808.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Gaywood and Mintlyn, in the county of Norfolk: 14th April 1808.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1808]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF638208 (Lat/Lon: 52.760191, 0.426585), Gaywood which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Gaywood became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- 1831 Census
- "Many houses have been built in the Parishes of Gayton and Gaywood, to which cause the increase of Population (166 and 450 Persons respectively) is attributed."
- 1831 Census [sic]
- "The increase of population in Gaywood is attributed to the extension of building."
- 1881 Census
- No reason is given for the decrease in population, though White's Directory for 1883 says "a portion [of Highgate] has lately been incorporated with the borough of Lynn".