Goathurst
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| Goathurst | |
  Goathurst shown within Somerset |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Sedgemoor |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRIDGWATER |
| Dialling code | 01278 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Bridgwater |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Goathurst is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset, around 3 miles from the town of Bridgwater. The parish includes the hamlet of Andersfield.
Originally part of the Royal Forest of North Petherton, its first squire owned [1]Goathurst's St Edward's church ( a grade I listed building[1]) includes a 19th century monument to three-year-old Isabella Kemeys, which shows the child lying on a pillow holding a broken flower [2]
It 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Church of St. Edward King and Martyr. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-04.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Location: ST2534
- Entry at Quantock online
- British History online comprehensive background on Goathurst and Haswell House
- Vision of Britain entry lots of statistics
- Entry at GeniUK
- 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
