Goldsithney
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Script error: No such module "Location map". Goldsithney (Template:Langx, meaning fair of St Sithney)[1] is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the B3280 at Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates"., about four miles (6 km) east of Penzance and one mile (1.6 km) east of Marazion.[2] It is in the civil parish of Perranuthnoe.
The centre of Goldsithney is a conservation area and has two pubs (the Trevelyan Arms and the Crown Inn), a shop (The Stores Goldsithney). The village holds a Charter fair in August each year.[3][4]
Fair folklore
According to Popular Romances of the West of England by Robert Hunt: Template:Main other
Cornish wrestling
Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, have been held in Goldsithney for a least the last 200 years. Tournaments were held at Henfor Farm,[5] the Old Fair Field[6] and Trevabyn Manor.[7]
References
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External links
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- ↑ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Template:Webarchive : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Template:Webarchive. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End Template:ISBN
- ↑ Cornwall Council website: Conservation Area appraisals and surveys. Retrieved 29 November 2024
- ↑ Goldsithney Charter Fair website. Retrieved 29 November 2024
- ↑ Western Morning News, 7 July 1947.
- ↑ Cornishman, 23 September 1886.
- ↑ Cornishman, 8 September 1920.