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42-642: Born in Bodmin, Cornwall , Wetherell acted in both British and South African films during the silent era. In the 1920s he branched out to producing and directing films but they were not a success. He produced, directed and played the lead role in his productions of Livingstone (1925) and Robinson Crusoe (1927). A planned biography of Lawrence of Arabia called Revolt in the Desert to be photographed by Freddie Young who had photographed his war films The Somme (1927) and Victory (1928) did not eventuate. Wetherell

84-641: A lawyer from Bodmin, marched to Blackheath in London where they were eventually defeated by 10,000 men of the King's army under Baron Daubeny. Then, in the autumn of 1497, Perkin Warbeck tried to usurp the throne from Henry VII . Warbeck was proclaimed King Richard IV in Bodmin but Henry had little difficulty crushing the uprising. In 1549, Cornishmen, allied with other rebels in neighbouring Devon , rose once again in rebellion when

126-530: A friend of his who enjoyed "a good practical joke". Wilson had the plates developed and sold the first photo to the Daily Mail ; the Mail would then announce that the monster had been photographed. The photo had been described as a hoax as early as 1975, but this was not common knowledge among the general public until 1994. Actor Director Producer Bodmin, Cornwall Bodmin ( Cornish : Bosvena )

168-613: A level 10 league in the English football league system . Their home ground is at Priory Park. Bodmin Rugby Club play rugby union at Clifden Parc and compete in the Tribute Cornwall/Devon league; a level 8 league in the English rugby union system . The Royal Cornwall Golf Club (now defunct) was located on Bodmin Moor. It was founded in 1889 and became "Royal" in 1891. The club disbanded in

210-507: A population of 14,736 as of the 2011 Census. It was formerly the county town of Cornwall until the Crown Courts moved to Truro which is also the administrative centre (before 1835 the county town was Launceston ). Bodmin was in the administrative North Cornwall District until local government reorganisation in 2009 abolished the District ( see also Cornwall Council ). The town is part of

252-578: A road junction southeast of the town. The Black Death killed half of Bodmin's population in the mid 14th century (1,500 people). The local seat of government was the Bodmin Guildhall in Fore Street. Bodmin was the centre of three Cornish uprisings. The first was the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 when a Cornish army, led by Michael An Gof , a blacksmith from St. Keverne and Thomas Flamank ,

294-568: A summer house in Lancarffe furnishes proof of a settlement in Bodmin in the early Middle Ages . It is a memorial to one "Duno[.]atus son of Me[.]cagnus" and has been dated from the 6th to 8th centuries. Arthur Langdon (1896) records three Cornish crosses at Bodmin; one was near the Berry Tower, one was outside Bodmin Gaol and another was in a field near Castle Street Hill. There is also Carminow Cross at

336-514: Is a large state comprehensive school for ages 11–18 on the outskirts of the town. The college is home to Bodmin College Jazz Orchestra, founded . In 1997, Systems & Control students at Bodmin College constructed Roadblock , a robot which entered and won the first series of Robot Wars and was succeeded by " The Beast of Bodmin ". The school also has one of the largest sixth forms in

378-555: Is a large school with some 440 pupils between the ages of four and 11. Eight of its fourteen governors are nominated by the Diocese of Truro or the Parochial Church Council of St. Petroc's, Bodmin. It is currently rated as "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted . There are a further two primary schools within Bodmin; Berrycoombe School in the northwest corner of the town, and St. Mary 's Catholic Primary School . Bodmin College

420-466: Is a town and civil parish in Cornwall , England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor . The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordered to the east by Cardinham parish, to the southeast by Lanhydrock parish, to the southwest and west by Lanivet parish, and to the north by Helland parish. Bodmin had

462-640: Is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in seven separate editions, including the Bodmin edition. In October 2020, the Bodmin Voice , sister paper to the Newquay Voice , was launched. It is published every Wednesday and focuses centrally on Bodmin. Bodmin is the home of NCB Radio , an internet radio station which aims to bring a dedicated station to North Cornwall. The town is also served by county-wide radio stations, BBC Radio Cornwall , Heart West and Greatest Hits Radio South West . Local TV coverage

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504-633: Is connected to Bodmin town by a branch line that is home to the local steam railway, Bodmin and Wenford Railway . Bodmin is just off the A30 providing a connection to the M5 motorway at Exeter , 62 miles (100 km) northeast. Bus and coach services connect Bodmin with some other districts of Cornwall and Devon. Bodmin has a non-league football club Bodmin Town playing in the South West Peninsula League ;

546-615: Is now an industrial estate but still known as 'Walker Lines'. Bosvenna House , an Edwardian manor house, was formerly Bosvenna Hotel, and the home of the Royal British Legion Club , but has since become a private residence. There is a sizable single storey Masonic Hall in St Nicholas Street, which is home to no less than eight Masonic bodies. Bodmin Beacon Local Nature Reserve is the hill overlooking

588-533: Is part of Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust and is rated Good by Ofsted . The school offers places for 420 pupils as well as 30 places within its Nursery and 10 places within its Area Resource Base for pupils with Special Educational Needs . St Petroc 's voluntary aided Church of England Primary School, Athelstan Park, Bodmin, was given this title in September 1990 after the amalgamation of St. Petroc's Infant School and St. Petroc's Junior School. St. Petroc's

630-653: Is provided by BBC South West and ITV West Country . Television signals are received from the Caradon Hill and the local relay transmitters. See also Category:People from Bodmin Bodmin is twinned with Bederkesa in Germany; Grass Valley , in California , United States; and Le Relecq-Kerhuon (Ar Releg-Kerhuon in Brittany ), France. W. H. Pascoe's 1979 A Cornish Armory gives

672-706: The First World War the prison held some material from Britain's Public Record Office , including the Domesday Book , but not the Crown Jewels as is commonly claimed: in World War II these were stored in Windsor Castle . Other buildings of interest include the former Shire Hall , now a tourist information centre, and Victoria Barracks , formerly depot of the now defunct Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and now

714-498: The Mail , Wetherell perpetrated the hoax " surgeon's photograph " of the Loch Ness Monster with his son Ian (who bought the material for the fake and took the photos), son-in-law Christian Spurling (a sculpture specialist), and Maurice Chambers (an insurance agent), taking a picture of a toy submarine made of plastic wood and passing it off as the monster. Chambers gave the photographic plates to surgeon Robert Kenneth Wilson ,

756-628: The North Cornwall parliamentary constituency, which is represented by Ben Maguire MP. Bodmin Town Council is made up of sixteen councillors who are elected to serve a term of four years. Each year, the Council elects one of its number as Mayor to serve as the town's civic leader and to chair council meetings. The name of the town probably derives from the Cornish "Bod-meneghy", meaning "dwelling of or by

798-535: The wrestling ring which many believe was a Plen-an-gwary . More recently Cornish wrestling tournaments are held as part of the revival of Bodmin Riding . Other places in Bodmin where Cornish wrestling tournaments and matches were held include: William George Fish, known as, "Billy the Fish", from Bodmin, was the featherweight champion in 1927 and 1928 and the lightweight champion in 1933 and 1934. Cornish Guardian

840-497: The 12th century: large and finely carved in elvan . The Chapel of St Thomas Becket is a ruin of a 14th-century building in Bodmin churchyard. The holy well of St Guron is a small stone building at the churchyard gate. The Berry Tower is all that remains of the former church of the Holy Rood and there are even fewer remains from the substantial Franciscan Friary established ca. 1240: a gateway in Fore Street and two pillars elsewhere in

882-594: The 1950s. There is an active running club, Bodmin RoadRunners. Bodmin was a stage finish in 2021 cycling Tour of Britain (Stage 1, 5 September). Bodmin has been a great centre for Cornish wrestling over the centuries. The Bodmin Wrestling Association was instrumental in the setting up of the Cornish Wrestling Association in 1923. At the base of the monument on The Beacon are the remains of

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924-558: The Domesday Book in 1086. In the 15th century the Norman church of St Petroc was largely rebuilt and stands as one of the largest churches in Cornwall (the largest after the cathedral at Truro). Also built at that time was an abbey of canons regular, now mostly ruined. For most of Bodmin's history, the tin industry was a mainstay of the economy. An inscription on a stone built into the wall of

966-611: The Walker Lines, Bodmin, until it moved to Wilton Park, Beaconsfield . Bodmin Parkway railway station – once known as Bodmin Road – is a principal calling point on the Cornish Main Line about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-east of the town centre. Buses to central Bodmin, Wadebridge , Padstow , Rock , Polzeath , Port Isaac and Camelford depart from outside the station entrance. It

1008-659: The arms of the priory and the monastery and the seal of the borough. On Halgavor Moor (Goats' Moor) near Bodmin there was once an annual carnival in July which was on one occasion attended by King Charles II. Halgavor extends into the parish of Lanhydrock . Bodmin Riding , a horseback procession through the town, is a traditional annual ceremony. Turfdown Turfdown is a hamlet east of Bodmin in Cornwall , England, United Kingdom. 50°27′45″N 4°41′05″W  /  50.46250°N 4.68472°W  / 50.46250; -4.68472 This Cornwall location article

1050-460: The black Delabole slate memorial to Richard Durant, his wives and twenty children, carved in low relief , and that of Prior Vivian which was formerly in the Priory Church (Thomas Vivian's effigy lying on a chest, all in black Catacleuse stone ). There is also a twelfth-century ivory casket which is thought to have once contained relics of St Petroc. The font of a type common in Cornwall is of

1092-595: The county. Callywith College is a further education college in Bodmin that opened in September 2017. A new-build college on a site close to the Asda supermarket, it will eventually cater for 1,280 students, with 197 staff employed. A total of 660 places were available in its first year. It is being created with the assistance of the Ofsted Outstanding Truro and Penwith College to serve students aged 16–19 from Bodmin, North Cornwall and East Cornwall. It received

1134-564: The first time since 1539. A church was planned in the 1930s but delayed by the Second World War : the Church of St Mary and St Petroc was eventually consecrated in 1965: it was built next to the already existing seminary. There are also five other churches in Bodmin, including a Methodist church. Bodmin Jail , operational for over 150 years but now a semi-ruin, was built in the late 18th century, and

1176-751: The first time. Bodmin Borough Police was the municipal police force for the Borough of Bodmin from 1836 to 1866. The creation of the Cornwall Constabulary in 1857 put pressure on smaller municipal police forces to merge with the county. The two-man force of Bodmin came under threat almost immediately, but it would take until 1866 for the Mayor of Bodmin and the Chairman of the Police Watch Committee to agree on

1218-681: The go-ahead in February 2016, funded as a Free School . Its aim is to "provide the outstanding Truro and Penwith College experience for up to 1280 young people in Bodmin and North and East Cornwall." Aspiring National Service Sergeant Instructors of the Royal Army Education Corps underwent training at the Army School of Education, situated at the end of the Second World War at Buchanan Castle , Drymen in Scotland, and later, from 1948, at

1260-461: The parish. St. Petroc founded a monastery in Bodmin in the 6th century and gave the town its alternative name of Petrockstow . The monastery was deprived of some of its lands at the Norman Conquest but at the time of Domesday still held eighteen manors, including Bodmin, Padstow and Rialton. Bodmin is one of the oldest towns in Cornwall, and the only large Cornish settlement recorded in

1302-569: The rebellion. The Borough of Bodmin was one of the 178 municipal boroughs which under the auspices of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 was mandated to create an electable council and a Police Watch Committee responsible for overseeing a police force in the town. The new system directly replaced the Parish Constables that had policed the borough since time immemorial and brought paid, uniformed and accountable law enforcement for

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1344-688: The sanctuary of monks". Variant spellings recorded include Botmenei in 1100, Bodmen in 1253, Bodman in 1377 and Bodmyn in 1522. The Bodman spelling also appears in sources and maps from the 16th and 17th centuries, most notably in the celebrated map of Cornwall produced by John Speed but actually engraved by the Dutch cartographer Jodocus Hondius the Elder (1563–1612) in Amsterdam in 1610 (published in London by Sudbury and Humble in 1626). The hamlets of Cooksland, Little Kirland, Dunmere and Turfdown are in

1386-607: The site of the regimental museum. It includes the history of the regiment from 1702, plus a military library. The original barracks house the regimental museum which was founded in 1925. There is a fine collection of small arms and machine guns, plus maps, uniforms and paintings on display. The Honey Street drill hall was the mobilisation point for reservists being deployed to serve on the Western Front . Bodmin County Lunatic Asylum , later known as St Lawrence's Hospital ,

1428-622: The staunchly Protestant Edward VI tried to impose a new Prayer Book . The lower classes of Cornwall and Devon were still strongly attached to the Roman Catholic religion and again a Cornish army was formed in Bodmin which marched across the border into Devon to lay siege to Exeter . This became known as the Prayer Book Rebellion . Proposals to translate the Prayer Book into Cornish were suppressed and in total 4,000 people were killed in

1470-532: The terms of amalgamation. After a public enquiry, the force was disbanded in January 1866 and policing of the borough was deferred to the county from thereon. The song "Bodmin Town" was collected from the Cornishman William Nichols at Whitchurch , Devon , in 1891 by Sabine Baring-Gould who published a version in his A Garland of Country Song (1924). The existing church building is dated 1469–72 and

1512-457: The town. An ornate granite drinking bowl which serves the needs of thirsty dogs at the entrance to Bodmin's Priory car park was donated by Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand who lived at Tredethy. There are no independent schools in the area. Beacon ACE Academy opened as a primary school for pupils aged between 3–11 in September 2017, following the merger of Beacon Infant and Nursery School and Robartes Junior School. Beacon ACE Academy

1554-575: The town. The Roman Catholic Abbey of St Mary and St Petroc , formerly belonging to the Canons Regular of the Lateran was built in 1965 next to the already existing seminary. The Roman Catholic parish of Bodmin includes a large area of North Cornwall and there are churches also at Wadebridge, Padstow and Tintagel ( St Paul's Church, Tintagel ). In 1881 the Roman Catholic mass was celebrated in Bodmin for

1596-514: The town. The reserve has 83 acres (33.6 ha) of public land and at its highest point it reaches 162 metres (531 ft) with the distinctive landmark at the summit. The 44 metres (144 ft) tall granite monument to Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert was built in 1857 by the townspeople of Bodmin to honour the soldier's life and work in India. In 1966, the "Finn VC Estate" was named in honour of Victoria Cross winner James Henry Finn who once lived in

1638-559: Was designed by John Foulston . The humorist, William Robert Hicks , was domestic superintendent in the mid-19th century. Walker Lines , named after Harold Bridgwood Walker , was a Second World War camp built as an extension to the DCLI Barracks. It was used to harbour men evacuated from Dunkirk and later to house troops for the D-Day landings. In the 1950s it was the site of the JSSL . The site

1680-432: Was the father of actor Ian Colin . In the 1930s, Marmaduke went to Loch Ness to look for the Loch Ness Monster . Wetherell claimed to have found footprints, but when casts of the footprints were sent to scientists for analysis they turned out to be from a hippopotamus; a prankster had used a hippopotamus-foot umbrella stand. As a result, Wetherell was publicly ridiculed by his employer, the Daily Mail . To get revenge on

1722-413: Was the first British prison to hold prisoners in separate cells (though often up to ten at a time) rather than communally. Over fifty prisoners condemned at the Bodmin Assize Court were hanged at the prison. It was also used for temporarily holding prisoners sentenced to transportation, awaiting transfer to the prison hulks lying in the highest navigable reaches of the River Fowey . Also, during 1918–19 in

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1764-431: Was until the building of Truro Cathedral the largest church in Cornwall. The tower which remains from the original Norman church and stands on the north side of the church (the upper part is 15th-century) was, until the loss of its spire in 1699, 150 feet (45 metres) high. The building underwent two Victorian restorations and another in 1930. It is now listed Grade I. There are a number of interesting monuments, most notably

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