Godney

Godney

infobox UK place

country = England
latitude= 51.1807

longitude= -2.7393

official_name= Godney - Also known by some as God's Island
civil_parish=
population = 201 [cite web | title= Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002 | work=Somerset County Council | url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/media/030F1/mendip_02mye.pdf | accessdate=2006-11-25]
shire_district= Mendip
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England

constituency_westminster= Wells
post_town=
postcode_district= BA
postcode_area=BA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= ST485425

Godney is a village and civil parish near Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels in the Mendip district of Somerset, England.__NOTOC__ The Church of the Holy Trinity dates from 1839 by G. D. Manners and was built on a medieval site. It was restored in 1903 with an added chancel, by E Buckle. It is a grade II listed building. [cite web | title=Church of the Holy Trinity | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=267756 | accessdate=2006-11-25]

During the Second World War, Godney was incorporated into GHQ Line. Several pillboxes were constructed in the area. Natural obstacles to tanks were suplemented with an anti-tank ditch and bridges in the area were prepared for demolition at short notice. [Foot, 2006, p275-279.

There are some who believe that Godney has a direct association with the legend of the visit of Joseph of Arimathea and that it may even contain a holy burial chamber. The church sits on a very ancient holy site although very little information on this seems to exist.]

References

Notes

General references

*cite book
last = Foot
first = William
title = Beaches, fields, streets, and hills ... the anti-invasion landscapes of England, 1940
publisher = Council for British Archaeology
year = 2006
isbn = 1-902771-53-2

External links

* [http://www.godneyvillage.org.uk/ Godney village web site]


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