Withiel
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 Withiel | |
  Withiel Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 331 (United Kingdom Census 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SW995654 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BODMIN |
| Postcode district | PL30 |
| Dialling code | 01208 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Withiel (Cornish: Egloswydhyel)[1] is a civil parish and village in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish of Withiel is between the parishes of St Breock, Lanivet, Roche and St Wenn. The name Withiel comes from the Cornish word Gwydhyel, meaning "wooded place".[2] The parish contains the hamlets of Withielgoose, Retire and Tregawne; the parish had a total population of about 300 in 1824.[3]
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. The River Ruthern rises near Victoria in the parish of Roche and flows northwards through the parish of Withiel; it flows into the River Camel one kilometre above Brocton.[4]
Notable people from the parish include Sir Bevil Grenville, a Royalist soldier in the English Civil War.
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. 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 earliest records and traditions, to the present time. W. Penaluna. p. 682. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (1988) Landranger 200; Newquay, Bodmin & surrounding area, 1:50 000