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The manor of Goosey was given to the monks of Abingdon Abbey and a cell was
established here in the 12th century. Abbey Farm still serves as a reminder of
the monastic connection, and legend tells of an underground passage used by the
monks leading from the farm to the church, but it has never been found. The
monks wore long black serge robes and are remembered today, with their geese, on
the altar cloth in the tiny 13th century church which stands at the south-east
corner of the spacious and open green.
The Pound village inn stands at the western entrance and was the setting for
music and dancing at the Goosey Feast held every November in the 18th and 19th
centuries. This Feast has been revived and still takes place on the village
green each year, but at the beginning of September and in a rather different
form.
Five beautiful old farmhouses and the village school, now a private residence,
surround the green. Goosey mere stands in the south-west corner and is now
somewhat overgrown but was once used as a skating rink by the villagers and also
supplied the water for their domestic chores.
Geese no longer graze on the green as they did in the monks’ time, but villagers
still retain grazing rights and its character has remained unchanged over the
centuries.
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