Sir Goldsworthy Gurney
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A famous man who lived in Poughill, albeit only for twelve years, was Sir Goldsworthy Gurney.
Bude Castle
By this time, now a succesful farmer and landowner, he suffered a paralysing stroke and retired to Poughill with his second wife, Anna Jane. The last years of his impressive life was to be spent in a fine and discreetly private property in Poughill called Reeds. It was built by the vicar of Poughill son Vickery Jose in 1801, a coal merchant and lime dealer who eventually went bankrupt in 1836. It is a fine property which is tucked back from the lane behind high whitewashed cobb walls, directly opposite Trelana, now a nursing home on Northcott Mouth Road. He passed away at Reeds on February 28th. 1875.
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