Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst

{{Short description|Church in Somerset, England}}

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The Church of St Edward King and Martyr in Goathurst, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.{{cite web | title=Church of St Edward King and Martyr | work=historicengland.org.uk | url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1177353 | accessdate=2006-11-04}}

The parish was originally part of the Royal Forest of North Petherton and its first squire owned St Edward's church. The dedication to Edward the Martyr is unusual; Edward was a young Saxon king who was murdered by his stepmother Elfrida in 978 at Corfe Castle in Dorset so that her own son would become king.{{cite web|url=http://www.quantockonline.co.uk/quantocks/villages/goathurst/goathurst1.html|title=Goathurst|publisher=Quantock Online|accessdate=2009-05-12}}

The church includes a 19th-century monument to three-year-old Isabella Kemeys, showing the child lying on a pillow holding a broken flower,{{cite web|url=http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/churches/somerset.shtml|title=The Hidden Churches of Somerset |last=Simmons|first=Louise|publisher=Time Travel Britain|accessdate=2009-05-12}} and monuments to the Kemeys-Tynte family of Halswell House.