Guston, Kent

Guston
The Chance Inn, Guston
Guston Location within Kent
Population	1,740 (2011)[1]
Civil parish	Guston
District	Dover
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Dover
Postcode district	CT15
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
List of places UK England Kent 51°09′14″N 1°19′12″E / 51.154°N 01.32°E / 51.154; 01.32

Guston is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, in South East England.^[2] The village lies about a quarter of a mile north of the campus of the Duke of York's Royal Military School, near Martin Mill. In the 1950s the village was the site of a public house, a post office, a Saxon church and approximately one-hundred homes. There is also a windmill present, which has been converted into a house. Nearby villages include Whitfield, East Langdon, Pineham and Buckland. The River Dour is approximately 2.71 km away from Guston, and there is easy access to main roads, with the A2 and A258 running around and through the village.

In the early 1870s, Guston was described by John Wilson:

"A parish in Dover district, Kent; 2½ miles E by N of Ewell r. station, and 2½ N of Dover. Posttown, Dover. Acres, 1, 421; of which 20 are water. Real property, £2, 554. Pop., 436. Houses, 88. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; and was annexed in 1868 to the vicarage of River. The church is Norman; has three windows at the west end; and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel."^[3]