Bodilly

Bodilly
Population	30
OS grid reference	SW670318
Shire county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HELSTON
Postcode district	WENDRON
Dialling code	01326
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western

Bodilly is village area that lends itself a group of farms and settlements in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. The area lies in the civil parish of Wendron about one mile (1.6 km) north-west of Wendron village (north of Helston). The two largest farm settlements are Bodilly Veor and Bodilly Vean. The Actual Village is at 50 8'30.00 N 5 15' 46.47W but this cover the whole area north of the Wendron Helston Border which has a stream seperating themthat flows into the River Cober at Trenear. To the south West of the Village is the site of St Henry' Chapel (see ordnance Survey Map). To the south of the village is a mill site that goes back to the 1300's (Bodilly Mill) the site was used for early Tin Stamping (mill deeds) and then as a Grist mill in the 1800's. All milling stopped in the late 19th Century. A leat (water supply) used to take water from higher up the stream and this used to supply a number of mills down this valley. (The book:Wendron Tin A.K. Hamilton) and the Deeds to the Mill. Bodilly Village also has the remains of a manor House. The marker on Google Earth is incorrectly placed the Village and the area in question is at the Long and Lat supplied to the North East varifiable by the O.S. map.