Excursions in the County of Cornwall: Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of CuriosityStockdale, Frederick Wilton Litchfield
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Excursions in the County of Cornwall: Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of Curiosity
Stockdale, Frederick Wilton Litchfield
Cornwall (England : County) -- Description and travel; Cornwall (England : County) -- History
Quitting Padstow, the lover of the picturesque will be much delighted
with the village of LITTLE PETHERICK, where a bridge across the road, an
old mill, the church, a few rustic cottages, and some luxuriant foliage,
form a picture highly interesting.
After crossing the river Camel at Wadebridge, over which there is a
bridge, built in the year 1485, of 17 Gothic arches, and 320 feet long,
in the parish of EGLESHALE, is _Peucarrow_, the handsome seat of Sir
Arscott O’Molesworth, Bart. The house has lately undergone a complete
repair, and is fitted up in an elegant style, with a good library,
billiard room, and the usual comforts attached to a gentleman’s
residence. Here are also a few good pictures, but mostly portraits. The
gardens and hot-houses are very beautiful, and kept in excellent order.
In the _Church_ of Egleshale, is a very handsome carved stone pulpit,
and a neat monument to the memory of Sir John Molesworth and his lady.
The road from hence to Camelford, a distance of 11 miles, contains
little to interest the traveller, excepting perhaps, the celebrated
_Slate Quarry_ of _Delabole_, in the parish of St. Teath, and which has
been already described in page 7.
The town of CAMELFORD is a place of considerable antiquity, and has
returned members to Parliament, since the reign of Edward VI. The right
of election is vested in the freemen, and the town is governed by a
Mayor and eight Burgesses.
Although it is a place of but little trade, yet it has a market weekly,
and four fairs annually, at which great quantities of cattle are bought
and sold.
The _Town Hall_ is a neat structure, built a few years ago, at the
expense of the late Duke of Bedford.
According to tradition, the neighbourhood of Camelford is remarkable as
having been the site of a memorable battle fought between King Arthur
and his treacherous nephew, Mordred; in which the former was slain, and
his troops routed with considerable loss.
About five miles north-west of Camelford, is TINTAGELL, in which parish,
the small Borough-town of BOSSINEY is situated; but as far as regards
appearances, this town can only rank as a village of the meanest
description, although it has returned members since the reign of Edward
VI. It contains about 140 houses, but the number of voters seldom exceed
14 or 15, the right of election being chiefly confined to certain
individuals possessing the property.
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