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The annual Bodmin Riding custom was held at Bodmin in Cornwall, England, UK, on the Sunday and Monday after 7 July (St Thomas Becket's Day). Accounts over its long history vary, but it involved a horseback procession around the town, carrying two large garlands, and probably originated as a Guild Riding custom.
Bodmin (Cornish: Bosvena [1]) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. [2]The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character.
Bodmin and Wenford Railway opened a new station at Boscarne Junction on 15 August 1996 for its trains to Bodmin General. Today the station consists of a platform with enclosed shelter. [1] One of the former signal posts can still be seen in the small grass 'triangle' area just beyond the end of the platform.
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The summer assizes were held at the first four aforesaid then Bodmin or Truro, and then Wells or Bridgwater, generally attended in that order. [8] Yorkshire was for a time removed from the Northern Circuit and placed on the Midland Circuit. The North-eastern Circuit was formed in 1876 and contained Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. [9]
Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor: Carnivorous mammal Great Britain Chupacabra [35] Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) Puerto Rico (originally), South and Central America, Southern North America Dover Demon [36] Dover, Massachusetts: Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp [37] Lizard Man of Lee County Bipedal: South Carolina, United States Mapinguari ...
A bodkin point arrowhead. A bodkin point is a type of arrowhead.In its simplest form it is an uncomplicated squared metal spike, and was used extensively during the Middle Ages.
An LGBT slang term, bareback sex comes from the equestrian term bareback, which is the practice of riding a horse without a saddle.. It is not known when the term (as sexual slang) was first used, although its use did gain momentum in the 1960s with the first appearance in print (as analogous reference) occurring in 1968. [4]