Bodmin
Bodmin Cornish Bosvenegh |
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Coordinates | 50 ° 28 ′ N , 4 ° 43 ′ W | |
OS National Grid | SX071665 | |
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Residents | 14,736 | |
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Post town | BODMIN | |
ZIP code section | PL | |
prefix | 01208 | |
Part of the country | England | |
region | South West England | |
Ceremonial county | Cornwall | |
Unitary authority | Cornwall | |
Civil Parish | Bodmin | |
British Parliament | North Cornwall | |
Bodmin ( Cornish "Bosvenegh") is a town in the county of Cornwall in Great Britain . It is located southwest of the Bodmin Moor landscape . About 12,800 people live in Bodmin.
history
The name Bodmin originally comes from the Old Cornish compound Bod-meneghy , " abode of monks". The spelling and pronunciation changed several times. For example, around 1100 the city “Botmenei” was written and spoken. In 1253 it was said "Bodmen", in 1337 "Bodman" and in 1522 "Bodmyn".
Due to the shrine containing the relics of St. Petroc, the town became an important religious center of Cornwall at the end of the 11th century. At that time, Bodmin was the largest city in the county. It had up to 1500 inhabitants in the Middle Ages and was the largest parish in Cornwall at the end of the 15th century.
The three Cornish Rebellions were centered in Bodmin. Thomas Flamank, a lawyer from Bodmin, led over 3000 people to London in 1497 together with the blacksmith of St. Keverne , Michael Joseph An Gov, to rebel against the taxes introduced by Henry VII . However, the men were stopped at Blackheath .
Town twinning
- Bad Bederkesa , Germany
- Grass Valley , USA
- Le Relecq-Kerhuon , France
Personalities
- John Arnold (1736–1799), British watchmaker
- Edward Bruce Hamley (1824-1893), British officer
- Terri Quaye (* 1940), British jazz musician
See also
- Bodmin & Wenford Railway
- Lesquite Quoit , dolmen northeast of Helman Tor in Sweetshouse