Goathurst
| Goathurst | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Halswell House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST255345 |
| Location: | 51°6’11"N, 3°3’50"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 193 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Bridgwater |
| Postcode: | TA5 |
| Dialling code: | 01278 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Sedgemoor |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bridgwater & W. Somerset |
Goathurst is a small village and parish in the Andersfield hundred of Somerset, around three miles from the town of Bridgwater. The parish includes the hamlets of Andersfield and Huntstile. The village is on the route of the Samaritans Way South West.
History
Originally part of the Royal Forest of North Petherton, its first squire owned[2] Goathurst's St Edward's church, a Grade-I listed building[3] which includes a 19th-century monument to three-year-old Isabella Kemeys, showing the child lying on a pillow holding a broken flower.[4]
Goathurst was the location of a 300-person prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, initially housing Italian prisoners from the Western Desert Campaign, and later German prisoners following the Battle of Normandy.[5]
References
- ↑ "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. http://www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/files/Somerset%20Census%20Key%20Statistics%20-%20Summary%20Profiles.xls. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ "Goathurst". Quantock Online. http://www.quantockonline.co.uk/quantocks/villages/goathurst/goathurst1.html. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ↑ "Church of St Edward King and Martyr". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=269292. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
- ↑ Simmons, Louise. "The Hidden Churches of Somerset". Time Travel Britain. http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/churches/somerset.shtml. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ↑ "Prisoner of War camp, Haswell Park, Goathurst". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/16573. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Goathurst) |
- Entry at Quantock online
- British History online comprehensive background on Goathurst and Haswell House
- Vision of Britain entry lots of statistics
- Entry at GENUKI
- History of the Poulett family
- Archives Wales information on the Kemeys-Tynte family
- John Salvatore Zuncheddu: story of the PoW camp
- Map of Goathurst from Sedgemoor online
