Places to see in ( Lostwithiel - UK )
Places to see in ( Lostwithiel - UK )
Lostwithiel is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. The name Lostwithiel comes from the Cornish lostwydhyel which means tail of a wooded area.
The origin of the name Lostwithiel is a subject much debated. In the 16th century it was thought that the name came from the Roman name Uzella, translated as Les Uchel in Cornish. In the 17th century popular opinion was that the name came from a translation of Lost (a tail) and Withiel (a lion), the lion in question being the lord who lived in the castle.
Lostwithiel is an historic borough. The Lostwithiel constituency 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 seal of the borough of Lostwithiel was a shield charged with a castle rising from water between two thistles, in the water two fish, with the legend Sigillum burgi de Lostwithyel et Penknight in Cornubia. Its mayoral regalia includes a silver oar, signifying its former jurisdiction over the River Fowey.
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 line was originally built for the Cornwall Railway which built its main workshops here, but the surviving workshop buildings were transformed into apartments in 2004. A branch line takes china clay trains to 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 Cornwall, it is now much reduced in importance. There is a fine early fourteenth-century bridge with five pointed arches, and nearby the remains of the Lostwithiel Stannary Palace, 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.
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YOU London Reception at Guildhall
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FolkLaw live and boot-legged in Falmouth
Featuring extracts from Smokey Joe, I Made Them, Star of Munster, Talk To Me, Dublin City, Leaves of Gold, Seeds of Freedom and The Tales That They Tell
Armed Forces Parade Plymouth
Cadets and vets march across the Hoe Promenade as part of Armed Forces Day In Plymouth.
HMS Drake Volunteer Band Concert Performance Vol Band Festival 17-09-2011
HMS Drake Volunteer Band concert perfomance at the 2011 Volunteer Band Festival in the Guildhall in Portsmouth
19/05/12 Olympic Torch, Newquay
The Olympic torch-relay passing the Barrowfields in Newquay
Brigade President's Message
Message from President of the Church Lads' & Church Girls' Brigade
Liskeard to Plymouth - Part 2
A 30 minute ride of my Cornwall route on board a HST between Liskeard and Plymouth. Passing 7 intermediate stations, crossing 14 viaducts and going through 2 tunnels. All in a distance of 17.75 miles.
Queen Street Exeter time lapse
Time lapse
East Lancashire Air Cadets Parade Through BURNLEY.
Up to 150 cadets and staff from the Cumbria and Lancashire Wing of the RAF Air Cadets will form up on the former Thompson Centre car park at 9-45am on Sunday from where they will march along Centenary Way arriving around 10-15am at St Peter’s Church, alongside civic dignitaries, the North Region Band and squadron banners. Invited guests include Dennis Menderos, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Andrew Stephenson Pendle MP, and mayors from Burnley, Blackburn, Pendle and Rossendale.
BMW LG59 LUO (Fire & Rescue).AVI
Demo BMW Fire & Rescue vehicle.
If you like emergency vehicles then visit my website.
Please sign my guestbook.
Many thanks.
Lulu's party bus
Open top birthday party Sinatra shenanigans
Olympic flame relay
Olympic torch relay, Preston, Paignton, Devon, 20-05-2012 at 3.35pm
lovely afternoon - a lot of people came out to see.
Bellringing at St Mary the Virgin, Lowgate, Hull.
6, 10-2-21 in A, anti clockwise. 2,4,6 - 1727 Henry Penn, 3&5 1938 Mears & Stainbank, 1 1843 Thomas II Mears.
A touch of Plain Bob Doubles, rung on the York Colleges Guild Annual Dinner Weekend 2009.