Goldsithney

Goldsithney (Cornish: Golsydhni, meaning fair of St Sithney)[1] is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

The centre of Goldsithney is a conservation area and has two pubs (the Trevelyan Arms and the Crown Inn), a shop and a post office.

In olden time, the good St Perran the Little gave to the wrestlers in his parish a glove as the prize, and the winner of the glove was permitted to collect the market toll on the day of the feast, and to appropriate the money to his own use.

At length the miners of Goldsithney resolved to contest the prize, and they won it, since which time the fair has been held in that village, they paying to the poor of the parish of Sithney one shilling as compensation.

Tournaments were held at Henfor Farm,[6] the Old Fair Field[7] and Trevabyn Manor.