GAYWOOD, a parish in the Lynn division of the
hundred of FREEBRIDGE, county of NORFOLK, f of a
mile (E. by N.) from Lynn-Regis, containing 474 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's bookrat
£5. 13. 4., and in the patronage of W. Bagge, Esq.
The church is dedicated to St. Faith. The inhabitants
of the neighbouring parish of Bawsey, having no church,
attend at Gaywood. The river Gaywood runs through
the parish, in which there are two mineral springs.