Egloshayle

Egloshayle
The Old Bridge at Wadebridge
Egloshayle is located in Cornwall
Egloshayle
Egloshayle
Location within Cornwall
Population406 (United Kingdom Census 2011)
OS grid referenceSX001719
Civil parish
  • Egloshayle
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWADEBRIDGE
Postcode districtPL27
Dialling code01208
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°30′47″N 4°49′16″W / 50.513°N 4.821°W / 50.513; -4.821
Egloshayle Church.

Egloshayle (pronounced "eglos-hale"[1]Cornish: Eglosheyl[2] – eglos meaning church and heyl meaning estuary) is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is beside the River Camel, southeast of Wadebridge.[3] The civil parish stretches southeast from the village and includes Washaway and Sladesbridge.

  1. ^ BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names; new ed., edited and transcribed by G. E. Pointon. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983; p. 84
  2. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5