Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel
The 12th-century bridge across the River Fowey
Lostwithiel is located in Cornwall
Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel
Location within Cornwall
Population2,814 (2011)[2]
OS grid referenceSX104598
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOSTWITHIEL
Postcode districtPL22
Dialling code01208
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°24′27″N 4°40′11″W / 50.40741°N 4.66964°W / 50.40741; -4.66964

Lostwithiel (/lɒsˈwɪðiəl/; Cornish: Lostwydhyel[4]) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, increasing to 2,899 at the 2011 census.[2] The Lostwithiel electoral ward had a population of 4,639 at the 2011 census.[5] The name Lostwithiel comes from the Cornish "lostwydhyel" which means "tail of a wooded area".[6]

  1. ^ "Cornwall Council Website". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lostwithiel Parish (1170220583)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Lostwithiel Town Council Website". Lostwithiel Town Council. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  4. ^ "List of Place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel" (PDF). Cornish Language Partnership. May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ^ "2011 Ward census". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ^ Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype