Egloshayle, Cornwall

Historical Description

Egloshayle, a village and a parish in Cornwall. The village stands on the river Camel, three-quarters of a mile SE of Wadebridge station on the G.W.R., and 7 miles NW of Bodmin. The parish comprises 5682 acres; population., 1368. Post town, and money order and telegraph office, Wadebridge. Pencarrow has remains of a castle and an ancient camp. It belongs to the Ford-Molesworth family. Park belonged to the Peverells. Ancient barrows occur at Kelly Rounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; net value, £298 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Truro. The church has a tower and a curious stone pulpit, and is good. There are Wesleyan and United Free Methodist chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Egloshayle from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Egloshayle)

Maps

Online maps of Egloshayle are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:

• Royal Cornwall Gazette
• Cornishman
• West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
• Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser

Visitations Heraldic

We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.