Withielgoose
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Withielgoose or Withel-goose is a hamlet in Cornwall
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, England
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, UK
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. It is accessed via Withielgoose Lane and contains the Withielgoose Manor. Withielgoose belongs historically to the parish of Withiel
Withiel
Withiel is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The name Withiel is derived from the Cornish word Gwydhyel, meaning wooded place...

 along with Retire and Tregawen; the parish had a total population of about 300 in 1824.

Withielgoose Manor belonged to Bodmin Priory and had belonged to William I
William I
-Kings:* William I of Bimbia * William I of England , known as William the Conqueror* William I, German Emperor * William I of Scotland , known as William the Lion* William I of Sicily...

by the Earl of Cornwall under the church of St. Petroc at Bodmin. It was leased by the crown in 1539 to Richard Kendall, and, in 1588, granted in fee-farm to Richard Branthwayte and Roger Bromley. It then was occupied by the Coswarth family followed by the Vyvyan family who still owned it in the early 1800s.
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