Lostwithiel
Sign in to saveLostwithiel (; ) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It stands at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. At the 2021 census, the population of the parish was 3,070. The name Lostwithiel comes from the Cornish "lostwydhyel" which means "tail of a wooded area".
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Lostwithiel bridge river Fowey Cornwall.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The 12th-century bridge across the River Fowey
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.official_name
- Lostwithiel
- UK place.population
- 3,070
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Lostwithiel
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall Council
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South East Cornwall
- UK place.post_town
- LOSTWITHIEL
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL22
- UK place.dial_code
- 01208
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX104598
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Lostwithiel (; ) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It stands at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. At the 2021 census, the population of the parish was 3,070. The name Lostwithiel comes from the Cornish "lostwydhyel" which means "tail of a wooded area".
==Origin of the name== The origin of the name Lostwithiel is a subject much debated. In the 16th century it was thought that the name came from the Roman name Uzella, translated as Les Uchel in Cornish. In the 17th century popular opinion was that the name came from a translation of Lost (a tail) and Withiel (a lion), the lion in question being the lord who lived in the castle.