Camelford
Camelford is a small town in north Cornwall, United Kingdom, in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is about ten miles (16 km) north of Bodmin[1] and is governed by a town council.[2]
Lanteglos-by-Camelford is the ecclesiastical parish which includes the town. The A39 road goes through the town centre. Camelford railway station on the line to Padstow was some distance from the town and closed in 1966.
In July 1988, the water supply to the town and the surrounding area was contaminated when 20 tons of aluminium sulphate was poured into the wrong tank at the nearby Lowermoor Water Treatment Works on Bodmin Moor. An independent inquiry into the incident (the worst of its kind in British history) was started in 2002, and a draft report issued in January 2005, but there is still concern about long-term effects on the health of local people.
Camelford Media
Map of stations on the North Cornwall Railway
- North Cornwall Museum and Gallery - geograph.org.uk - 1755007.jpg
The former North Cornwall Museum and Gallery
- Lanteglos DSC 8613.jpg
The war memorial in St Julitta's churchyard
- The Parish Church of St Julitta, Lanteglos - geograph.org.uk - 1758056.jpg
The parish church of St Julitta, Lanteglos
- The Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury - geograph.org.uk - 1754968.jpg
The church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- Camelford, Valley Truckle Cross - geograph.org.uk - 934397.jpg
A Cornish cross in the churchyard at Lanteglos; it was found in a blacksmith's shop at Valley Truckle
- A Stone Cross - geograph.org.uk - 1755022.jpg
A Stone Cross. This small stone cross sits at a road junction on the outskirts of Camelford.
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 9780319229385
- ↑ [1] Archived 2010-04-10 at the Wayback Machine Cornwall Council website. Retrieved May 2010