Lostwithiel Lostwydhyel
Coordinates: 50°24′27″N 4°40′11″W / 50.40741, -4.66964 This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Lostwithiel shown within Cornwall
Population	2,739 (Census 2001[1])
OS grid reference	SX104598
Parish	Lostwithiel
District	Restormel
Shire county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOSTWITHIEL
Postcode district	PL22
Dial code	01208
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	South East Cornwall
European Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Cornwall

12th century bridge at Lostwithiel, crossing the river Fowey

Lostwithiel (Cornish: Lostwydhyel) 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. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 758 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1351 × 1069 pixel, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: image/png) An outline map of Cornwall for use within templates on Wikipedia. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... 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The town lies on the A390 road from Tavistock to Truro. The A390 is a road in Cornwall and Devon, England. ... Location within the British Isles This article is about the town in Devon. ... Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is a city in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ...

The name Lostwithiel apparently comes from two old cornish words meaning "The place at the tail end of the woodland", and if one stands at Restormal Castle and looks towards the town one can see how this may have came to be.

Lostwithiel railway station is on the Cornish Main Line from Plymouth to Penzance. It is situated on the south side of the town, just across the medieval bridge. The railway's workshops were built here, but the remaining buildings were transformed into apartments in 2004. A branch line takes china clay trains to Fowey. Lostwithiel railway station serves the town of Lostwithiel in Cornwall. ... Maidenhead Railway Bridge The Great Western Main Line is a main line railway in England, which includes routes westwards from London to South Wales, Cornwall and other districts. ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... Penzance Harbour and surrounding area as seen from the air Penzance (Cornish: Pensans) is a civil parish and port town in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and incorporated in 1614,[2] it has a population of 21,168[1] people and... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway opened in 1869 as a broad gauge (7 ft 0. ... Kaolin Kaolinite (Aluminium Silicate Hydroxide) Kaolinite is a clay mineral with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4. ... Fowey (pronounced , Cornish: Fowydh) is a town and civil parish in south Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Fowey. ...

Lostwithiel's most notable buildings are St Bartholomew's Church and Restormel Castle. There is a small museum devoted to the history of the town. Once a stannary town, and for a period the most important in the country, it is now much decayed. There is a fine early fourteenth century bridge with five pointed arches, and nearby the remains of the Stannery Court, with its Coinage Hall - this was the centre of royal authority over tin-mining, and 'coinage' meant the knocking off of the corner of each block of tin for the benefit of the Duchy of Cornwall. The small Guildhall has an arcaded ground floor. The old Grammar School has been converted into dwellings. St Bartholomews Church, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, includes a tower from the thirteenth century, a spire added in the early fourteenth century, and an octagonal screen a round its foot with former windows on four of its eight sides. ... Restormel Castle is situated on the River Fowey near Lostwithiel, Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... A stannary town is, historically, the adminstrative centre of a tin-mining district, from where the sale and export of the mined tin was arranged. ... The Stannary Parliaments and Stannary Courts were legislative and legal institutions in Cornwall and in Devon in the Dartmoor area. ... In Devon and Cornwall, tin coinage was a tax on refined tin, payable to the Crown and administered in the Stannary Towns. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Guildhall is a building historically used by guilds for meetings. ... Grammar school can refer to various types of schools in different English-speaking countries. ...

Lostwithiel is a historic borough. It elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons, but was disenfranchised by the Reform Act 1832. It remained a municipal borough until the 1960s, when it became a civil parish. The House of Commons in the 18th century The unreformed House of Commons is the name generally given to the British House of Commons as it existed before the Reform Act of 1832. ... The Representation of the People Act 1832, commonly known as the Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of the United Kingdom. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

The town boasts a number of annual cultural activities. There is a week long carnival in the summer. In May the town participates in a competition with neighbouring villages, each town/village erects a large pole and the other villages try to steal the poles. On new-years eve there is a masked procession around the town. The town has a King George V Playing Field. Entrance to the KGV field in Worcester A King Georges Field is a public open space in the United Kingdom dedicated to the memory of King George V (3 June 1865–20 January 1936). ...

See also

• Battle of Lostwithiel
• List of topics related to Cornwall

1. ... This is a list of topics related to Cornwall, UK. The Cornwall category contains a more comprehensive selection of Cornish articles. ...

External links

• GenUKI page
• Lostwithiel Bridge and its Memories - The Reverend Canon E Boger, 1887
• Lostwithiel OCS
• Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Lostwithiel

Civil Parishes of Restormel District
Cornwall
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