Withiel
Withiel
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 Withiel | |
| Population | 351 (Civil Parish, 2001) |
| OS grid reference | SW995654 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BODMIN |
| Postcode district | PL30 |
| Dialling code | 01208 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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Withiel (Cornish: Egloswydhyel)[1] is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name Withiel comes from the Cornish word Gwydhyel, meaning "wooded place".[2] The parish contains the villages of Withielgoose, Retire and Tregawne; the parish had a total population of about 300 in 1824.[3]
The parish church, dedicated to St Clement, is in the village of Withiel and dates back to the 13th century. At Ruthernbridge is an early 15th-century bridge with two pointed arches over the Ruthern. The hamlet here was until 1933 a halt on the Bodmin to Wadebridge railway line.
Notable people from the parish include Sir Bevil Grenville (1596–July 5, 1643), a Royalist soldier in the English Civil War.
References
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Mills, A. D. (1981) The Popular Dictionary of English Place-Names, ISBN 0-7525-1851-8
- ^ Hitchins, Fortescue; Drew, Samuel (1824). The History of Cornwall: from the earlist records and traditions, to the present time. W. Penaluna. p. 682. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
External links
Media related to Withiel at Wikimedia Commons
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