St Lawrence, Cornwall

St Lawrence is a hamlet southwest of Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1] From the Middle Ages until 1805 St Lawrence was the site of a lazar house (an institution for lepers). In 1805 its revenues were transferred to the Truro Infirmary.[2]

Girder bridge carrying the Bodmin & Wenford Railway over a minor road at St Lawrence

References
  1. Ordnance Survey get-a-map SX0482866465
  2. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 61


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