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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 228 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WADEBRIDGE , a See also:

market See also:town and seaport in the St Austell See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cornwall, See also:England, on the See also:Great Western and See also:London & See also:South-Western See also:railways, 38 m. W.N.W. of See also:Plymouth. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 2186. It is picturesquely situated at the See also:head of the See also:estuary of the See also:river See also:Camel, 7 M. from its mouth in See also:Padstow See also:Bay on the See also:north See also:coast. A See also:stone See also:bridge, consisting of seventeen See also:arches, was built in 1485 over the river, and made a See also:county bridge under See also:James I. The See also:parish See also:church of Egloshayle, nearly 2 M. from the town, is in the See also:main Perpendicular, with a beautiful See also:tower; but See also:part of the fabric is See also:Early See also:English. The neighbouring church of St Breock is Decorated and Perpendicular, with a See also:fine See also:font of the earlier See also:period. An See also:ancient See also:round-headed See also:cross stands near the town. There is considerable agricultural See also:trade, and See also:iron See also:founding is carried on; while in the neighbourhood some See also:copper, See also:lead, See also:granite and See also:slate are worked and exported in small vessels; See also:coal, See also:timber and See also:general merchandise being imported.

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