WADEBRIDGE is a market town on the river Camel, and near the extremity of the navigable portion thereof, partly in the parish of St. Breock and partly in that of Egloshayle, with a joint station on the Great Western and London and South Western railways, 7 miles northwest from Bodmin, 8 north-east from St. Columb, 8 east from Padstow and 235 from London, in the North Eastern division of the county, Pydar hundred, St. Columb union and county court district, Trigg petty sessional division, hundred of Trigg and union of Bodmin. A stone bridge, originally of 17 and now of 15 arches, built by contribution in 1485, crosses the river Camel at this point; it is 220 yards long and 15 feet wide, the arches being about 18 feet in span; it was made a county bridge in the reign of James I. and since 1853 has been kept in repair out of the county rates. The town is lighted with gas. The nearest churches are those of the parishes of St. Breock and Egloshayle, at the respective distances of a mile and half a mile from the town. There is a Congregational chapel, built in 1874, with 250 sittings; a Bible Christian chapel, erected in 1852 and restored in 1896, with sittings for 220 persons; a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1879, with 350 sittings, and a Free Methodist chapel, built in 1848 and restored in 1892, with 300 sittings. The Town Hall, erected by a local company in 1888, at a cost of £3,000, from designs by Mr. C. E. Collins, architect, is a building of local stone, with granite dressings; the principal feature in the front is a large stained window presented by Lord Robartes, and containing his arms; over the entrance are the arms of Lady Molesworth, of Pencarrow; the front elevation includes a tower with clock; the great hall, on the ground floor, is 70 feet by 38 feet, with a gallery at one end and a platform at the other, and will hold about 600 persons; there are two large committee rooms, an armoury for the local rifle corps and other rooms; in the board room is a handsome carved chimney piece presented by Mr. C. Ennor, late of Wadebridge. The Masonic Hall was built in 1892 at a cost of about £400. The Molesworth Hotel, in the centre of Molesworth street, is conveniently arranged and well conducted. Here is also a literary and scientific institution, containing 1,000 volumes, and an iron foundry. The chief trade of the town consists in the exportation of granite, china clay and agricultural produce. The imports are coal, timber and general merchandise. A fair is held on June 22nd. The cattle market is held on the second Tuesday in every month; Tuesday and Friday are market days, and Wednesday early closing. At White Cross, near Wadebridge, is an ancient round-headed cross, about four feet high.

Board School, under the St. Breock & Egloshayle School Board (boys), built in 1878, for 150 boys; average attendance, 110; (girls & infants), built in 1876, for 300 children.

CONVEYANCE

Omnibuses from the Molesworth & Commercial hotels meet all trains.

Bodmin, Blake, 9 a.m. daily.

Padstow, Carriers, Wills & Pope, daily.

Port Isaac, Prout, 1.20 p.m. daily.

St. Minver & Rock, Blake, 1.40 p.m. daily.

There are also special omnibuses during summer months.