Chapel Amble

For other uses, see Amble (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 50°32′38″N 4°49′44″W / 50.544°N 4.829°W / 50.544; -4.829

Houses in Chapel Amble

Chapel Amble (Cornish: Amaleglos, meaning church on the river Amble) is a village in the civil parish of St Kew, north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Wadebridge next to the River Amble, a tributary of the River Camel, at grid reference SW 997 754.[1]

The main road through the village crosses the river on a stone bridge with high cutwaters. There is a shop and a pub in the village.

History

Despite being a small village, Chapel Amble appeared in the national press in 2002 after the murder of a local farmer. The fact that a newspaper reporter was a local resident probably assisted in this receiving so much attention. The article dates the village back to at least 1373,[2] although the earliest written mention of Chapel Amble is in the Domesday Book where 'Amal' was held by Thurstan from Robert, Count of Mortain.[3]

The earliest record of the name "Amaleglos" is in 1284. The name "Amble" is derived from the Cornish "Amal", i.e. "edge" or "boundary" and is the name of a tributary of the Camel. [4] As "eglos" is the Cornish for "church" there must already have been a chapel here; in 1383 a chapel of St Aldhelm was licensed.[5] The Methodist chapel was a United Free Methodist chapel before the reunions of Methodist churches.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  2. ↑ Alderson, Andrew (5 May 2002), "Murder mystery grips sleepy Cornish hamlet", The Daily Telegraph, London: Daily Telegraph (The), retrieved 2010-11-22
  3. ↑ "Cornwall A-K". The Domesday Book Online. domesdayonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  4. ↑ Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype
  5. ↑ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 121
  6. ↑ Genuki: St Kew; accessed 2012-04-23

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