Goathurst

Coordinates: 51°06′11″N 3°03′50″W / 51.103°N 3.064°W / 51.103; -3.064
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51°06′11″N 3°03′50″W / 51.103°N 3.064°W / 51.103; -3.064

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 hamlets of Andersfield and Huntstile. The village is on the route of the Samaritans Way South West.

History

Goathurst was part of the

Andersfield.[2]

Originally part of the Royal Forest of North Petherton, its first squire owned[3] Goathurst's St Edward's church, a Grade I listed building[4] which includes a 19th-century monument to three-year-old Isabella Kemeys, showing the child lying on a pillow holding a broken flower.[5]

Goathurst was the location of a 300-person

Western Desert Campaign, and later German prisoners following the Battle of Normandy.[6]

Governance

The

neighbourhood watch
groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Bridgwater Rural District.[7]

It is also part of the

MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Andersfield hundred through time". A Vision of Britain Through Time. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Goathurst". Quantock Online. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Edward King and Martyr (1177353)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
  5. ^ Simmons, Louise. "The Hidden Churches of Somerset". Time Travel Britain. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  6. ^ "Prisoner of War camp, Haswell Park, Goathurst". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Bridgwater RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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