Bridge, Cornwall
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Bridge
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  Bridge Location within Cornwall | |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Redruth |
| Postcode district | TR16 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
Bridge (Cornish: Ponsjulyan)[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[2] It is in the civil parish of Portreath and lies about 1 km east of Portreath village and harbour.[3] The population of Bridge is not recorded separately in censuses, and makes up a small proportion of the 1,581 (estimate, 2018) living in the parish as a whole.[4]
The main road running through Bridge is the B3300 which connects Portreath to Redruth.[4]
Toponymy
The village is at the site of a historic bridge linking the two sides of the Manor of Nancekuke which were separated by the valley. It was recorded as St Julyan’s Bridge in 1580, St Gilian’s Bridge in 1650, and Tresillian Bridge West (to distinguish from the other Tresillian Bridge crossing the Tresillian River).[5][6] The bridge was rebuilt in 1797, by which time there was a hamlet of a few houses.[5]
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