All Topics  
Poughill

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Poughill
 
 
  Topics Poughill Topic Home

Poughill (pronounced "Pofil" or "Puffil") is a hamlet in north-east Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It is located one mile north of Bude
Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Neet. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric, France....
. Poughill is mentioned in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
 as Pochelle.

History
There are some very old houses in Poughill. Burshill Manor is proven medieval and is listed as an open hall house; another old house is Church House dated 1525.

The village's water-mill is located on the footpath towards Bush.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Poughill'
Start a new discussion about 'Poughill'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Poughill (pronounced "Pofil" or "Puffil") is a hamlet in north-east Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It is located one mile north of Bude
Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Neet. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric, France....
. Poughill is mentioned in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
 as Pochelle.

History


There are some very old houses in Poughill. Burshill Manor is proven medieval and is listed as an open hall house; another old house is Church House dated 1525.

The village's water-mill is located on the footpath towards Bush. Lying at the foot of Trevalgus Hill in thick woodland, it is believed to have been a manorial mill for Trevalgus Manor. The mill was powered by the stream which runs south towards Stratton
Stratton, Cornwall

Stratton is a small town situated near the coastal resort of Bude in North Cornwall, UK. It was also the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall - see "Hundreds of Cornwall"....
 called the Stratt. Part of the mill building was constructed of timbers from ships wrecked along the coastline.

St Olaf's Church

At the heart of the village is St Olaf's church. The church is of exceptional interest and dates from the 14th century. It seats 300 persons and is dedicated to the Norwegian King and so-called Martyr, St Olaf (Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway

Olaf Haraldsson , was king of Norway from 1015–1028, . His mother was ?sta Gudbrandsdatter, and his father was Harald Grenske, great-grandchild of Harald I of Norway....
). At the restoration in 1928 the foundations of the original Norman
Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries....
 church were uncovered but nothing of this remains above ground. The pillars on the north side and south arch of the nave are of Caen stone (14th century); those of the south side are granite (15th century). The piscine and aumbry
Aumbry

In medieval times, an aumbry was a cabinet in the wall of a Christian church or in the sacristy which was used to store chalices and other vessels and which was used also for the reserved sacrament, the consecrated elements from the communion service....
 in the south chancel are 13th century. Inside the church is a wall of fresco
Fresco

Fresco is any of several related painting types, done on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Italian word affresco which derives from the adjective fresco , which has Latin origins....
es. The frescoes date from about 1470, and depict St Christopher. In 1894 they were discovered beneath the whitewash. Such paintings were once common in churches. The Poughill accounts record the washing-out of the figures' in 1550 at the Reformation
English Reformation

The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th century England by which the Church of England first broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church....
. According to the legend, St Christopher was a heathen giant who, on turning Christian, was instructed by a holy hermit to carry travellers over a dangerous ford, and who, one stormy night carried the child Jesus on his shoulder.

The Battle of Stamford Hill

This battle was fought on the outskirts of Poughill on 16th May 1643. Each May, on the closest weekend to the anniversary, there is a two day re-enactment of the battle, fought over the Saturday and Sunday, together with a procession through the streets of neighbouring Stratton village.

Notable residents

During the latter half of his life, Sir Goldsworthy Gurney
Goldsworthy Gurney

Sir Goldsworthy Gurney was a surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, Construction and prototypical British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian era period....
, the surgeon
Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a person who performs surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage....
, gentleman scientist
Gentleman scientist

A gentleman scientist is a private income scientist who pursues scientific study as a hobby. The term arose in post-Renaissance Europe but became less common in the 20th century as government funding increased....
, inventor
Inventor

An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find....
, and pioneer of applying steam power, lived in Reeds, a small house on the outskirts of the village, until his death in 1875.

The assassinated colonial administrator, Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney
Henry Gurney

Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney KCMG Venerable Order of Saint John was a British official who was assassinated by communist insurgents during the Malayan Emergency....
 was born here in 1898.

External links