WADEBRIDGE, a market-town partly in the parish
of ST-BREOCK, hundred of PYDER, and partly
in that of EGLOSHAYLE, hundred of TRIGG, county of
CORNWALL, 5 miles (B. S. E.) from Padstow. The population
is returned with the respective parishes. There
are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan
Methodists. This place is chiefly remarkable for its
noble bridge of seventeen arches, nearly three hundred
and twenty feet long, over the navigable river Camel: it
was built by public contribution, about 1485, and, in the
reign of James I., was made a county bridge; there are
certain estates vested in trustees, with the rents of
which, aided by tolls (from which the inhabitants of
the two parishes are exempt), it is kept in repair. The
trade of the town principally consists in the exportation
of corn, in vessels not exceeding one hundred and
fifty tons' burden. The market, which is of ancient
establishment, though inconsiderable, is still held on
Friday; and there are fairs on May 12th, June 22nd,
and October 10th.