Bodwen is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lanlivery in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated just over one mile (2 km) north-northeast of Bugle village and five miles (8 km) north of St Austell. It is about two and a half miles south of Lanivet.[1][2] There is also a place called Bodwen in the civil parish of Helland.[3] It is in the civil parish of Luxulyan. Its low population lives in a total of 7 houses.
Bodwen | |
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Former chapel at a crossroads southeast of Bodwen | |
Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SX032606 |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | St Austell |
Postcode district | PL26 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
References
edit- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ Weatherhill, Craig (2009). A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype. ISBN 9781904808220; p. 22
- ^ Weatherhill (2009), p. 22