Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst

Church of St Edward King and Martyr
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city	Goathurst
Country	England
Coordinates	51°06′11″N 3°03′43″W / 51.1030°N 3.0620°W / 51.1030; -3.0620
Completed	14th century

The Church of St Edward King and Martyr in Goathurst, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.^[1]

The parish was originally part of the Royal Forest of North Petherton and its first squire owned St Edward's church. The dedication to Edward the Martyr is unusual, Edward was a young Saxon king who was murdered by his stepmother Elfrida in 978 at Corfe Castle in Dorset so that her own son would become king.^[2]

The church includes a 19th-century monument to three-year-old Isabella Kemeys, showing the child lying on a pillow holding a broken flower,^[3] and monuments to the Kemeys-Tynte family of Halswell House.^[2]

See also

• List of Grade I listed buildings in Sedgemoor
• List of towers in Somerset

References

1. ^ "Church of St Edward King and Martyr". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=269292. Retrieved 2006-11-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Goathurst". Quantock Online. http://www.quantockonline.co.uk/quantocks/villages/goathurst/goathurst1.html. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
3. ^ Simmons, Louise. "The Hidden Churches of Somerset". Time Travel Britain. http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/churches/somerset.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-12.