Ruthernbridge
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| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SX 01293 66832] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BODMIN |
| Postcode district | PL30 |
| Dialling code | 01208 |
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| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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Ruthernbridge (Template:Langx)[1] is a village in the parish of Withiel in Cornwall, England, UK.[2]
History
The village is centred around an early 15th-century bridge with two pointed arches which carries the road over the River Ruthern.[3]
The old wesleyan chapel, which was built in 1879, and the adjacent coach house, are both Grade II listed buildings.[4]
Railway
When the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway (B&W) was built in 1834 it included a short branch of about 1.25 miles (2.01 km) from Grogley Junction to Ruthernbridge. Although not a requirement, the B&W placed stone markers every quarter of a mile, and a marker stone at each terminus showing the distance to the company's headquarters in Wadebridge, that at Ruthernbridge showing a distance of 4 miles 1 furlong 5 chains 10 yards.[5][6] The main use of the line was to carry sand to local farms for use as a soil improver while ores of Lead, Iron and Copper from Mulberry Mine and Iron from Blackhay Mine were taken out.[7][8] Although there was never an official passenger service on the branch and no platform or other facilities were provided, passengers were carried in the tool wagon.[6] The original terminus had two sidings, one of which ran over wooden sand drops, and in 1914 a loop long enough to accommodate 8 wagons was installed 6 chains (120 m) up the line towards Grogley, the line being shortened to this location in 1926.[9] The line ran along a lane for almost the whole length falling at a gentle incline of 1 in 158, this requiring any wagons left at Ruthernbridge to be chained to the rails to prevent them running away.[5] In later years the only engines to work the branch were Beattie well tanks, which would work chimney-first to Ruthernbridge and then propel their train back to the junction as there were no run-round facilities as Grogley.[5] The last train to Ruthernbridge ran on 29 November 1933 and the line officially closed on 30 December that year, less than 1 year short of its centenary.[9]
Mining
The oldest mine working in the area is Mulberry Mine which dates back at least to Roman times, when it was one of only three mines in the county producing tin.[10] Indeed, mining was, for a short period in the 19th century, a major industry locally, and seven different mines used the railhead at Ruthernbridge to convey their ores out for smelting.[9]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ruthernbridge (EN) / Ponsrudhyn (KW)". Akademi Kernewek.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin (Map). Ordnance Survey. ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5.
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by Enid Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 241
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ruthernbridge Wesleyan Methodist Chapel and Attached Coach House". BritishListedBuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fairclough, Tony; Wills, Alan (1979). Bodmin and Wadebridge 1834-1978. Truro: D Bradford Barton. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-85153-343-4.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fairclough, Tony (1970). The Story of Cornwall's Railways. Truro: Tor Mark Press. pp. 12–14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ingrey, Jack (1989). The Camel Footpath : From Wadebridge to Bodmin and Wenfordbridge. Cornish Walkabout Books. Padstow: Lodenek Press. p. 30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blackhay Mine, Withiel". mindat.org. 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1996). Branch lines around Bodmin. Midhurst: Middleton Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 1-873793-83-9.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."King Arthur's Britain: The Truth Unearthed". King Arthur's Britain: The Truth Unearthed. Episode 1. 16 September 2018. BBC. BBC4. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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