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13. Warmington House
Further down on the left is Warmington House, home to Sir James Smith. MP. in the 17th century. It was bought by George Warmington in 1704 for £90. In 1722 he sold the house to Lord Falmouth. A hundred years later it was bought by the of Earl of Darlington, one of the great patrons of the town.
The next turning on the left is Mill Lane The old mill house is on the right-hand side of the lane, behind the shop on the corner.
A leat from the River Camel turned the water-wheel and was then channelled under the road and so back to the river. The next door building was the grain store for the mill. Some years ago workmen found that the spaces between the first-floor joists were
The Town Trail (Contd.)
choked with chaff, which had to be carted away by the sackful. Looking across the street, on the gable end of the building below the Mason's Arms, can be seen a tiny window, through which the residents could read the time on the town hall clock.
Immediately before the bridge is the entrance to Enfield Park, which was presented to the (own in 1922 by Albert Tingcombe, a Camelford tailor, who lived in Enfield for most of his working life and then returned to his birthplace. Previously on this site was the Acetylene Gas Company, which produced gas lighting in the town. The process involved adding water to calcium carbide, the resultant gas being piped into large storage containers. The old mill leat can still be traced along the upper edge of the park.
The large white house on the other side of the bridge is known as the Manor House or simply Camelford House. Its most famous owner was Thomas Pitt 2nd and last Baron of Camelford, cousin of William Pitt, the Prime Minister. During a short but adventurous life. Lord Camelford ran away from school to join the navy at the age of 14, was shipwrecked, flogged and Court-martialled: travelled secretly to France planning to assassinate Napoleon and was finally killed in a duel at the age of 29.
see the outline of hut circles from the Bronze Age. Leaving Camelford on the B3266 Boscastle road and turning right in front of the British Museum of Cycling you will find Slaughter Bridge, the legendary site of King Arthur's last battle, and nearby the inscribed stone known locally as King Arthur's stone. The stone can be visited by kind permission of the owners of Worthyvale Manor, as it is not on a public footpath.
Historic Town Trail text by Joanna Raymond-Barker
Additional notes by Sally Holden
Illustrations and maps by Jim Yates
Photography: Bob Ireland
This is the last point on the trail. We hope that you have enjoyed it. Why not stay awhile and make the most of the town's shops, pubs, park, art gallery and museum? Explore nearby Roughtor on Bodmin Moor, which was given to the National Trust by the Onslow family as a memorial lo the 43'd Wessex Regiment after the Second World War. On the summit you can make out the remains of a chapel to St. Michael, while at its feet you can
14 The Manor House
