Goldsithney
Coordinates: 50°07′30″N 5°26′06″W / 50.125°N 5.435°W
Goldsithney shown within Cornwall
Goldsithney
Goldsithney (Cornish: Golsydhni, meaning fair of St Sithney)[1] is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the B3280 at grid reference SW546306, 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 and St Hilary
The centre of Goldsithney is a conservation area[3] and has two pubs (the Trevelyan Arms and the Crown Inn), a shop and a post office. The village holds a Charter fair in August each year.[4]
Fair folklore
According to Popular Romances of the West of England by Robert Hunt:
References
- ↑ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- ↑ Cornwall Council website; list of Conservation Areas. Retrieved April 2010
- ↑ Goldsithney Charter Fair website. Retrieved April 2010
External links
Media related to Goldsithney at Wikimedia Commons
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