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Fowey (The), rises in a high tract of downs between Bodmin and Launceston. It traverses some of the pleasantness parts of the country, forming a sweet valley above Lostwithiel, in which the beautiful remains of Restormel abbey finely surrounded with wood, grace a gentleman’s grounds which are tastefully laid out.

Source: England and Wales Delineated by Thomas Dugdale assisted by William Burnett; published by Tallis & Co., Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey, 1835.