Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel is a small Cornish
market town,
population around 3000, situated at the head of the Tamar estuary,
on the road between Tavistock and Truro. Lostwithiel railway station
lies on the Cornish main line. Once one of the most important stannary
towns in the country, and capital of Cornwall in the thirteenth century,
the town has since declined. Notable buildings include the eighteenth
century guildhall and grammar school, St Bartholomew's church and Restormel Castle, built in 1100 and a fine
example of the military architecture of the time. The remains of the
Stannary Court stand in Quay Street near a fine fifteenth century bridge. Today, the
town has several antique shops and hosts a number of annual cultural
events. The map below shows the
fea'mid
twentieth century.
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