Goathurst
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Goathurst is a small village in the English county of Somerset, around 3miles from the town of Bridgwater.
Originally part of the Royal Forest of North Petherton, its first squire owner battled with Richard the Lionheart on the Crusades [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 post the Battle of Normandy.
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- ^ Church of St. Edward King and Martyr. Images of England. Retrieved on November 4, 2006.
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[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
- Huntstile Organic farm also has a farm shop, plus local caravan/camping site
