Bridge, Cornwall Explained

Official Name:Bridge
Country:England
Map Type:Cornwall
Coordinates:50.258°N -5.262°W
Region:South West England
Post Town:Redruth
Postcode District:TR16
Postcode Area:TR
Cornish Name:Ponsjulyan

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.

Geography

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] The bridge was rebuilt in1797, by which time there was a hamlet of a few houses.

Landmarks and amenities

The Bridge Inn is pub and a grade II listed building dating from the mid or late 19th century.[6] [7] The Coast to Coast Mineral Tramway Trail passes by the village of Bridge, and is used by walkers and cyclists.[8]

Previous amenities

The village previously had a shop, which closed in 1985 and has never reopened, .[9] [8]

Bridge Village Hall, also known as the Institute, was closed and in disrepair .[8] [10] The hall, built in 1926 and run by the Bridge Village Hall charity since 1965, was sold in 2021.[11] [12] [13] In 2023, planning permission was given to demolish the hall and build a house on the site.[13]

Bridge Methodist chapel was opened in 1816. Its congregation was merged with two others to form Gateway, Porth an Dre (later Redruth United Methodist Church), and the building was closed in or after 2016.[14] [15] [16] Three churches were to be sold to pay for a new replacement building, with the site in Bridge to be redeveloped for housing.[17]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly. 9780319232897. 2009. Ordnance Survey.
  3. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  4. Web site: Portreath Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan (Pre-Submission Regulation 14 version) . portreathpc.co.uk . Portreath Parish Council . 20 March 2024 . 2020.
  5. Web site: Steam lorry belonging to Hosken & Trevithick crashing into Bridge Inn, known as Tresillian Bridge West · cornishmemory.com . www.cornishmemory.com . 20 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Bridge Inn, Bridge . whatpub.com . . 19 March 2024.
  7. Web site: BRIDGE INN, Portreath - 1328174 Historic England . historicengland.org.uk . 19 March 2024 . en.
  8. Web site: Appendix C: Portreath Village Character Assessment . www.portreathndp.org . Gain Consulting. 2020 . 19 March 2024.
  9. Web site: PORTREATH PARISH PLAN . portreathpc.co.uk . Portreath Parish Council . 20 March 2024 . 2012.
  10. Web site: BRIDGE VILLAGE HALL - Charity 300296 . register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk . . 20 March 2024.
  11. Web site: Property valuation - Bridge Village Hall, Bridge, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 4QE . themovemarket.com . 20 March 2024.
  12. Web site: Find that Charity GB-CHC-300296 Bridge Village Hall . findthatcharity.uk . 20 March 2024.
  13. Web site: PA22/11404 Demolition of existing building, construction of dwelling and associated works Bridge Institute Bridge Redruth Cornwall TR16 4QE . planning.cornwall.gov.uk . . 20 March 2024.
  14. Web site: Redruth UMC (Redruth United Methodist Church) Camborne, Redruth and Hayle Methodist Circuit . methodist121.org.uk . 20 March 2024.
  15. Web site: Bridge . methodist121.org.uk . Camborne, Redruth and Hayle Methodist Circuit . 19 March 2024.
  16. Web site: Mapping Methodism – Bridge Wesleyan Chapel . Cornish Story . 19 March 2024 . 26 June 2021.
  17. News: Whitehouse . Richard . New church plans revealed to merge of three churches . 20 March 2024 . Cornwall Live . 20 August 2018 . en.

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