Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bude, or Budehaven

Bude, or Budehaven, eccl. dist. (St Michael) and vil., Stratton par., E. Cornwall, 9 miles W. of Holsworthy sta., pop. 895; P.O., T.O.; is a growing watering-place, amid picturesque scenery, and a small port at the mouth of the Bude River and Canal. In vicinity is Bude Castle, or Bude House, built by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, inventor of the "Bude Light..


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district (St Michael) and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stratton AP/CP       Cornwall AncC
Place names: BUDE     |     BUDEHAVEN     |     BUDE OR BUDEHAVEN
Place: Bude

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