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Goathill is a little hamlet with its church on a hill between Sherborne and its Castle to its south-west and Milborne Port to its north-east. The woodlands which can be seen to south of the church spreading westwards are the Castle's deer park. Purse Caundle, with its magnificent medieval/Tudor manor house is located across the fields to the east and Oborne with its 16th century chancel (all that remains of one of the last churches to be built before Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries) to the north-west - both are accessible along footpaths from Goathill.

THE CHURCH

The Church, Goathill, Dorset
The small parish church, dedicated to St Peter, stands on a hill overlooking a farmyard.

It dates from the 13th century, has a Norman font, fragments of early sixteenth century coloured glass and a 17th century altar table.

The benefice is united with that of Milborne Port, about a mile to the north.

The Church, Goathill, Dorset

THE OLD MILL HOUSE

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The mill has been converted into a private residence. No traces remain of the mill within the building but, such remnants of milling activity as there are may be found in the grounds of the house.

The water which powered the mill entered below the house from the north and escaped by means of an arch (now below the paved courtyard) to where the pond stands to the south.

During the conversion and restoration by the Bucklands (the present owners) it was found that the roof timbers were in such a perilous condition that they had to be replaced - where possible, the original tiles have been rehung.

A holiday flat at the Old Mill House is available.

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History

The Domesday Book
In William the Conqueror's Domesday Book of 1086/7, mention of Goathill is made amongst the possessions of the Count of Mortain;-

Warmund holds one hide in Mileburne from the Count. Land for one plough which is there in lordship with two bordars and two slaves. Meadow 11 acres, a mill which pays 16 pence. One cob, one cow, 20 pigs. Five burgesses who pay three shillings. Value of the whole 20 shillings; when he acquired it 15 shillings. Humphrey holds one hide in Goathill from the Count; Godric held it in the time of King Edward. Land for two ploughs which are there with two villeins and three bordars. A mill which pays 10 shillings; meadow 15 acres; woodland 15 acres. Two dwellings in Mileburn. One cob, two cows, 15 pigs, 50 sheep. Value 30 shillings; when he acquired it 20 shillings.

The parish was formerly in the county of Somerset; it was moved to Dorset in 1896.

Since the Poor Law of 1601, care of the destitute, aged or sick fell on the parish and was administered by the Overseers of the Poor. The parish provided 'indoor relief' within the parish workhouse. The inefficiency of each parish providing for its own poor was remedied in 1834 by the Poor Law Amendment Act which allowed parishes to join together in 'Parish Unions' to provide relief.

The poor of six Somerset parishes (Goathill, Marston Magna, Poyntington, Rimpton, Sandford Orcas and Trent) were thus sent to the workhouse in Sherborne in neighbouring Dorset under an irregular and possibly illegal arrangement. Its was inevitable that the arrangement would cause arguments, is it did towards the end of the 19th century.

The arrangement, which had been in place for some fifty years, came to the notice of the Boundary Commission in 1888 as it was working towards the Local Government Act which would replace the old Hundreds with County Councils and Rural District Councils. The Commission recommended that the six parishes should be transferred to Dorset.

Area and Boundaries Committee of Somerset agreed that the parishes of Goathill, Poyntington and Sandford Orcas should be transferred to Dorset but argued that Marston Magna, Rimpton and Trent "were well within easy distance of Yeovil and had at all times and without any inconvenience or complaint been included in the Yeovil Highway District and Yeovil Petty Sessional Division, the town being their natural town and place of business." and so should be retained in Somerset. Marston Magna and Rimpton remain in Somerset but the parishioners of Trent appealed the decision and the parish was transferred to Dorset in 1896.

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TOWNS & VILLAGES
Haydon
Dorset, England 1.3 km SE
Milborne Port
Somerset, England 2 km N
North Wootton
Dorset, England 3.2 km SE
Oborne
Dorset, England 2.5 km NE
Poyntington
Dorset, England 3.9 km NE
Purse caundle
Dorset, England 2.3 km NW

OTHER PLACES
Sherborne Old Castle
Dorset, England
The castle, built by a medieaval Bishop of Sherborne became the home of Sir Walter Raleigh 2.5 km W
Sherborne New Castle
Dorset, England
The new castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh when he found the Old Castle not to his liking 2.5 km SW
Sherborne Abbey
Dorset, England
The abbey church was a cathedral church for many centuries after King Ine of Wessex established a see here and made his kinsman St Aldhelm the first bishop 3.7 km SW
Cornford Bridge
nr. Holwell, Dorset, England
A scheduled National Monument, the bridge consists of three Gothic arches 5.2 km SE
Sandford Orcas Manor House
Sandford Orcas, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset, England
The ancient manor house, open to the public during the summer months, is reputed to be haunted 6.5 km NW
Boyles School
High Street, Yestminster, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset, England
The 17th century scientist Robert Boyle who lived nearby at Stalbridge endowed the school to teach twenty poor boys of Chetnowle, Leigh and Yetminster 10.3 km SW
Revels Bird Centre
Dorset, England 11 km S

Hotels

The Grange Hotel Oborne, Dorset DT9 4LA 2.5 km NE
Eastbury Hotel
Long St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3BY 3.4 km SE
Cross Keys Hotel
88 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3BJ 3.7 km SE
The Half Moon Inn
Half Moon St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LN 3.7 km SE
Antelope Hotel
Greenhill, Dorset DT9 4EP 3.8 km SE
Britannia Inn
Westbury, Dorset DT9 3EH 3.8 km SE
Sherborne Hotel
Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6BB 4.9 km SE

Public Houses
The Queens Head
High St, Milborne Port, Dorset DT9 5DQ 1.6 km NW
The Gainsborough Arms
74 Gainsborough, Milborne Port, Dorset DT9 5BB 1.8 km NE

The Town Hall, High Street, Milborne Port, Dorset

MILBORNE PORT, Somerset
No less than six watermills recorded in Domesday powered the woollen and flax industry here. The prosperity earned medieval Milborne its covetted charter of incorporation as a borough. Two centuries ago, cloth-making gave way to leather. Rightly a 'town', this large but compact village often possesses an almost film set like atmosphere and rewards the visitor exploring on foot most abundantly. Its tiny outlying hamlet of Milborne Wick is the picture of a rural England now two centuries passed.

OBORNE, Dorset
The village was given to nearby Sherborne Abbey when it was a cathedral by Edgar, king of Wessex. After the dissolution it became the property of of the Caius College, Cambridge. The 16th century parish church must have been amongst the last to be built before the dissolution but fell into such disrepair by the 19th century that it had to be pulled down save for the lonely chancel next to the A30.

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