BODMIN

Bodmin is one of the major towns in the county of Cornwall, England. It is located in the middle of the county, South West of Bodmin Moor. The population of Bodmin is about fourteen thousand, and used to be the county town of Cornwall, until the courts decided to move to Truro.

Bodmin is well known for being one of the oldest towns in Cornwall, and the only Cornish town recorded in the Domesday Book of the eleventh century.

During the fifteenth century, St. Petroc ( Norman church) was rebuilt, and is now one of the largest churches in the county. An abbey was also built around the same time, which is now mostly ruined.

Bodmin's museum is home to, what was once the county prison. Bodmin Gaol was built back in the late eighteenth century, and was the first prison to have individual cells, rather than shared accommodation.

Bodmin Gaol is also known for the site of the last public hanging in Britain, back in nineteen hundred and nine. Bodmin grew rapidly during the nineteen sixtees and seventies, when people came to be re-housed from the South Eastern part of England.

Nowadays, Bodmin is a much more cosmopolitan town, For the majority of Bodmin's history, the tin industry was a major part of it's economy.