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Stogursey is the name of a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It is situated from Nether Stowey, and west of Bridgwater. The village is situated near the Bristol Channel, which bounds the parish on the north. The parish includes the village of Stolford, which is believed to mean 'The stile ford' from the Old English ''stigol'' and ''ford'', and the hamlets of Burton, Knighton, Shurton, Stoford, Week, and Fairfield. ==History== On the beach near Stogursey are the remains of a submerged forest dated to 2500 B.C. A Romano-British coin hoard was discovered in 1999. It contained 1,097 base silver radiates, the remains of a pottery vessel and 50 copper alloy coins. It takes its name from the manor of Stoke. By 1086 it was in the possession of William de Falaise, who had recently married Geva, daughter of Serlo de Burci, and widow of Martin "de Wallis". Early in the 12th century, William and Geva's daughter, Emma, was betrothed to William de Courcy, and the couple received the manor of Stoke upon their wedding. The manor was renamed ''Stoke Courcy'', and is now known as ''Stogursey''. Stogursey Castle was probably built in the 12th century.〔 The best-known member of the family was John de Courcy, who made himself virtual Prince of Ulster after conquering it in 1177. He died about 1219, his descendants (all illegitimate) today being the Baron Kingsale of Ireland. During the reign of King John of England (1199–1216) it became the property of one of his favourites and closest advisors, Fulke de Breauté of Gascony. Fulke's sister, Avice de Breauté, was mother of Sir Nicholas FitzMartin (c. 1210–82), who, like the de Courcys, was a descendant of Geva de Burci, the wife of William de Falaise, via her son Robert FitzMartin. Said to be tyrannical, Fulke made the castle and village a stronghold and den of robbers; he was eventually expelled in the reign of Henry III, and is said to have died in poverty in Normandy after 1224. Part of a curtain wall from the castle remains incorporated into a cottage. It is a Grade II * listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument. The remains of a Ham stone village cross on the High Street is from the Middle Ages. Approximately of the original shaft is still in the socket stone. In the middle ages Stogursey was an important place. It became a borough by 1225, and retained that status until at least 1833. Stogursey was part of the hundred of Cannington.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18546 )〕 The ancient parish of Stogursey was large. It included the north foreshore of the Steart Peninsula, including Stert Island which broke from the mainland in about 1798. In 1885 Stert Island was transferred to the parish of Huntspill, and in 1933 the north side of the Steart Peninsula was transferred to the parish of Otterhampton.〔 Wick Barrow, near Stogursey, is associated with pixies. It is said that a ploughman working nearby once mended a pixie's broken peel, and the pixie baked a cake to reward him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stogursey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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