52-660: Hele , Hélé , or Hèle may refer to: Places [ edit ] in England in Cornwall Hele, Cornwall, a village near Bude , Cornwall in Devon Hele, Devon , a village near Bradninch in Mid Devon Hele, North Devon , a village near Ilfracombe Hele Bay Hele, Teignbridge , a hamlet near Ashburton Hele, Torquay , an area of
104-523: A variant graph by RLC when i is diphthongised to [əɪ] in stressed open syllables. ^3 Used in hiatus. ^4 A few monosyllables may keep the more conservative pronunciation [ʊɪ] in RLC, e.g. Cornish : moy [mʊɪ] "more", Cornish : oy [ʊɪ] "egg". ^5 Given as [yʊ] in the original Specification but as [ʏʊ] in the updated online dictionary. ^6 The variant graph ew may be used instead of yw to represent
156-700: A double consonant or a consonant cluster, e.g. Cornish : ass RMC [as] , RLC [æs] "how"; Cornish : hons RMC [hɔns] , RLC [hɔnz] "yonder". Exceptions are that long vowels precede st , e.g. Cornish : lost RMC & RLC [lɔːst] "tail", and also sk and sp in RMC, e.g. Cornish : Pask [paːsk] "Easter". Stressed vowels in polysyllables are short except in the case of conservative RMC speakers, who may pronounce vowels long before single consonants and st (and, for some, sk and sp ), e.g. Cornish : gwagen RMC [gwa(ː)gɛn] , RLC [gwægɐn] "a blank". ^1 May be reduced to [ɐ] when unstressed, which
208-637: A firm of English organ-makers between 1865 and 2007 The Hele baronets , an extinct title in the Baronetage of England Hele's School , a secondary school in Plymouth, England Hele's School, Exeter , a former boys' grammar school in Devon, England See also [ edit ] Heale Heal (disambiguation) Heel (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
260-450: A seaside resort. With new rail links, it became a popular seaside destination in the 20th century. Bradshaw's Guide of 1866, Section 2, described Bude as: "a small port and picturesque village in the north-eastern extremity of Cornwall ". It described the town as having the dignity of a fashionable marine resort with excellent facilities for bathers. The harbour bed consists of fine bright yellow sand consisting of small shells. "The sea view
312-450: A single different sound in RLC, the SWF uses what it terms umbrella graphs . Where an umbrella graph is considered unworkable, variant graphs may be used to spell a word. The SWF does not stipulate that either only RMC or RLC variant graphs must be used, for instance, a typical TC speaker will choose the letters that best reflect their own pronunciation. A third set of alternative letters
364-537: A song dedicated to the town and included it as the first track on their EP Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With . From 1879 Bude's nearest railway station was at Holsworthy , ten miles away. The railway came to Bude itself in 1898. The line was built by the London & South Western Railway , but was incorporated into the Southern Railway in 1923 and British Railways in 1948. Bude railway station
416-1028: A town of ancient Laconia People [ edit ] as a first name Hele Everaus (born 1953), Estonian medical scientist, physician and politician Hele Kõrve (born 1980), Estonian actress and singer Hele-Mall Pajumägi (born 1938), Estonian badminton player and coach as a surname Andrew Hele (born 1967), English cricketer Doug Hele (1919–2001), English motorcycle engineer Elize Hele (1560–1635), English lawyer and philanthropist George Hele (1891–1982), Australian cricket umpire George de La Hèle (1547–1586), Franco-Flemish composer Henry Hele (c. 1688–1778), English physician and land owner Ivor Hele (1912–1993), Australian artist John Hele (disambiguation) , several people Pierre Hélé (born 1946), Cameroonian politician Sampson Hele (1582–1655), English politician Thomas Hele (disambiguation) , several people Warwick Hele (1568–1626), English politician and landowner Other uses [ edit ] Hele & Co ,
468-472: A two-tier structure of local government: Cornwall Council (administers, for example, schools and highways, housing, social services, canal and harbour, refuse and recycling collection, street cleanliness; the town is represented by the Bude division ) and Bude-Stratton Town Council (local children's playground, Bude "castle"). There was some local argument when the town council adopted the name Bude-Stratton, as it
520-427: A whole leans toward a Middle Cornish base, since in many cases the correct RLC or TC pronunciation can be deduced from an RMC form, but not vice versa". Unstressed vowels are always short. Stressed vowels in monosyllables are long when followed by a single consonant or by nothing, e.g. Cornish : gwag RMC [gwaːg] , RLC [gwæːg] "empty", Cornish : lo RMC [lɔː] , RLC [loː] "spoon", and short when followed by
572-579: Is a wharf on the Bude Canal about half a mile from the sea lock that links the canal to the tidal haven. This can be opened only at or near high tide, and then only when sea conditions allow. North Cornwall District Council administered the canal, harbour and lock gates until its abolition in March 2009. These gates were renewed after the originals were damaged in a storm in 2008. They are the only manually operated sea lock gates in England. The pier head by
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#1732798436936624-683: Is also home to the Bude Cricket Club. There have been Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, in Bude for at least a couple of centuries. Venues for tournaments included: the Castle grounds, Broadclose Hill and the Football ground. See also Cornish wrestling in Poughill . Standard Written Form The Standard Written Form or SWF ( Cornish : Furv Skrifys Savonek ) of
676-512: Is at Summerleaze beach. Bude was the founder club in British Surf Life Saving. In the 18th century there was a small unprotected tidal harbour at Bude. The Bude Canal Company built a canal and improved the harbour. Around twenty small boats use the tidal moorings of the original harbour during the summer months. Most are sport fishermen, but there is also some small-scale, semi-commercial, fishing for crab and lobster. There
728-646: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bude Bude ( / b juː d / ; Standard Written Form : Porthbud ) is a seaside town in north Cornwall , England, United Kingdom, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat ). It was sometimes formerly known as Bude Haven. It lies southwest of Stratton , south of Flexbury and Poughill , and north of Widemouth Bay , located along
780-427: Is given as [ə] in the original Specification but as [ɐ] in the updated online dictionary. ^2 Unrounded to [ɛ] when unstressed. ^3 Given as [œ] in the original Specification but as [øː] in the updated online dictionary. ^4 Often realised as [əɪ] in RLC in stressed open syllables, in which case it is written with the variant graph ei . ^5 Can either represent [ɔ] ,
832-544: Is just north of the town in Morwenstow . It is the largest employer in the area, with over 250 civil servants and contractors employed there. Bude is in the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency which is represented by Ben Maguire MP. It developed from the much older market town of Stratton , 1 1 ⁄ 8 miles inland to the east. Since Cornwall became a unitary authority in 2009 there has been
884-475: Is not shown in writing. As an example, Cornish : Penn Sans has been transliterated into English as Penzance reflecting pronunciation. At times, the various varieties of revived Cornish differ in their pronunciation of sounds. A number of strategies are employed in the Standard Written Form to deal with these differences and make the system usable for all. When a RMC sound is consistently
936-639: Is of a striking, bold and sublime description – the rocks rising on every side to lofty broken elevations". It also describes Bude as a romantic retreat. Bude lies just west of Stratton and north of Widemouth Bay and is located along the A3073 road off the A39 road . The section of the A39 running through Bude is known as the Atlantic Highway. A section of Bude's coast which is located between Compass Cove to
988-508: Is reflected in spelling, e.g. TC Cornish : menedh [ˈmɛnɐθ] , RLC Cornish : mena [ˈmɛnɐ] "mountain". ^4 [v] often occurs morpheme-initially before vowels. The mutation of [f] to [v] found in some varieties of Cornish is not shown in writing. ^5 A few words spelt with mm and nn lack pre-occlusion in RLC. These include words thought to have entered the language after pre-occlusion occurred, e.g. Cornish : gramm "gramme", and words that fell out of use by
1040-591: Is said to have been a settlement since the Bronze Age but nothing remains of it. Efford Manor, seat of the Arundell family of Trerice, was the only building here in the Middle Ages. Bude or Porthbud was known as Bede's Haven, the chapel on the rock, Bede being the holy man who lived there, on what is now the breakwater. The original breakwater was destroyed in 1838 by a terrible storm, while the newer version
1092-538: Is the traditional graphs . As the name implies, these spellings are closer to those traditionally employed by Cornish writers, and so are preferred by some Cornish speakers today. Although traditional graphs are considered correct and may be used freely by individuals, they are unlike variant graphs in that they do not have equal standing with standard graphs and "will not appear in elementary language textbooks or in official documents produced by public bodies". ^1 When unstressed and word final ^2 Before
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#17327984369361144-656: The A3073 road off the A39 . Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in Brittany , France. Bude's coast faces Bude Bay in the Celtic Sea , part of the Atlantic Ocean . The population of the civil parish can be found under Bude-Stratton . Its earlier importance was as a harbour, and then a source of sea sand useful for improving the inland soil. This was transported on the Bude Canal . The Victorians favoured it as
1196-606: The COVID-19 pandemic . Local TV coverage is provided by BBC South West and ITV West Country . Television signals are received from the Caradon Hill TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Cornwall on 95.2 FM, Heart West on 105.1 FM, Greatest Hits Radio on 102.2 FM and Piran Radio, a community based radio station which broadcasts online. Bude developed its own newspaper in 1924, The Bude and Stratton Post. Progressive rock band King Crimson wrote
1248-514: The Cornish language is an orthography standard that is designed to "provide public bodies and the educational system with a universally acceptable, inclusive, and neutral orthography". It was the outcome of a process initiated by the creation of the public body Cornish Language Partnership , which identified a need to agree on a single standard orthography in order to end previous orthographical disagreements, secure government funding, and increase
1300-603: The Tamar Lakes , that fed the canal. The enterprise was always in financial difficulty, but it carried considerable volumes of sand and also coal from south Wales. The arrival of the railway at Holsworthy and the production of cheap manufactured fertiliser undermined the canal's commercial purpose, and it was closed down and sold to the district municipal water company. However the wharf area and harbour enjoyed longer success, and coastal sailing ships carried grain across to Wales and coal back to Cornwall. Notable buildings include
1352-786: The Carterets/Thynnes while the Arundell land passed to the Aclands. Bude and neighbouring Stratton are relevant in the English Civil War, with Nanny Moore's Bridge featuring as a passe over the river for the Royalists. Bude became popular in Victorian times for sea bathing, inspired by the Romantic movement. The ladies used Crooklets Beach while the gentlemen were segregated to Summerleaze. Workers flocked to Bude for
1404-544: The RLC period, e.g. Cornish : gonn "I know". ^6 The distribution of [s] and [z] differs in each variety of Cornish. Some rules are common to almost all speakers, e.g. final s and medial s between vowels or a sonorant and a vowel are usually [z] , whereas other rules are specific to certain varieties, e.g. RMC speakers usually realise initial s as [s] whereas RLC tend to prefer [z] (except in such clusters as sk , sl , sn , sp and st ). The mutation of [s] to [z] found in some varieties of Cornish
1456-652: The United States. The agreement meant that Cornish became officially accepted and funded, with support from the UK government and the European Union . In June 2009, the Gorsedh Kernow voted overwhelmingly to adopt the Standard Written Form. In 2013, the SWF was reviewed in a process intended to identify problems and issues with the orthography. A small number of changes were made to the SWF, which made
1508-677: The beach, for spreading on their fields. The cliffs around Bude are the only ones in Cornwall that are made of Carboniferous sandstone, as most of the Cornish coast is formed of Devonian slate , granite and Precambrian metamorphic rocks . The stratified cliffs of Bude give their name to a sequence of rocks called the Bude Formation. Many formations can be viewed from the South West Coast Path which passes through
1560-571: The breakwater, a former coastguard lookout stands. Known as Compass Point and built by the Acland family in 1840 of local sandstone, it is based on the Temple of Winds in Athens . It was moved to its current position in 1880 and again in 2023 to protect it from collapse due to cliff erosion. It is so called as it has points of the compass carved in each of its octagonal sides. In 1953, Bude became home to
1612-520: The building of the canal, but as shipping dwindled, and the railway reached dominance, Bude concentrated on the emergent tourist trade. By 1926, there were 59 boarding houses and 5 hotels: the Falcon, Grenville, Globe, Norfolk and the Commercial. There are a number of good beaches in the Bude area, many of which offer good surfing conditions and many of which are dog-friendly. Bude Lifeboat Station
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1664-463: The first Surf Life Saving Club , in the UK, while the popular lido Bude Sea Pool opened in 1930. This was previously administered by Cornwall Council but lost public funding in 2010/11. The Friends of Bude Sea Pool was created in 2011 to secure its future. In September 2018, the "Bude Tunnel", a 70-metre (80 yard) Perspex walkway at the Bude Sainsbury's supermarket site was mentioned in
1716-464: The locks is a Grade II listed structure . The canal is one of the few of note in south-west England. Its original purpose was to take small tub boats of mineral-rich sand from the beaches at Bude and carry them inland for agricultural use on fields. A series of inclined planes carried the boats over 400 vertical feet (120 m) to Red Post , where the canal branched south along the upper Tamar Valley towards Launceston east to Holsworthy and north to
1768-563: The national press after becoming the town's top-rated attraction on TripAdvisor . Reviews facetiously compared the tunnel to the Taj Mahal , Hanging Gardens of Babylon and Great Sphinx of Giza . The popularity caused TripAdvisor to temporarily suspend all reviews for the Bude Tunnel, citing a number of reviews that "do not describe a first-hand experience". The tunnel continued to be the top attraction for at least four months after
1820-478: The nearest National Rail stations with regular services. Tourism is the main industry in the Bude area whilst some fishing is carried on. In the past, the staple trade was the export of sand, which, being highly charged with calcium carbonate , was much used as fertiliser. There are also golf links in the town. The Bude area is also a telecommunications hub, with major subsea cables landing at nearby Widemouth Bay . The eavesdropping facility known as GCHQ Bude
1872-656: The original Specification but as [ʏ] in the updated online dictionary. Reduced to [ɪ] when unstressed. ^10 Changed to [ɪʊ] when stressed and word-final or before gh . In a small number of words, u can represent [ʊ] when short or [uː] or [ɪʊ] when long in TC and RLC. The 2013 Review recommends these be spelt optionally as ù and û respectively in "dictionaries and teaching materials". ^11 Can be pronounced [ɛ, eː] and therefore spelt e in TC and RLC. ^1 Loanword spelt with aw are often pronounced [ɒ(ː)] in TC and RLC . ^2 Used as
1924-590: The orthography easier for learners and went some way to reducing the spelling difference between dialects. In 2021, a third edition of the SWF was published by the Akademi Kernewek , incorporating the decisions of the 2014 review and work over the subsequent decade. The Standard Written Form recognises Revived Middle Cornish ( RMC ), Tudor Cornish ( TC ), and Revived Late Cornish ( RLC ) as variants of equal standing on which it bases its system. The original 2008 Specification states that "[t]he orthography as
1976-525: The parish church of St Michael and All Angels, built in 1835 and enlarged in 1876 (the architect was George Wightwick ), Ebbingford Manor, and the town's oldest house, Quay Cottage in the centre of town. Bude Castle was built about 1830 on sand on a concrete raft for Victorian inventor Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and is now a heritage centre. Gurney also invented the Bude Light . At the northernmost point of Efford Down Farm, overlooking Summerleaze Beach and
2028-401: The pronunciation [ɛʊ] . ^1 Used solely in words whose status as borrowings is in no doubt. ^2 In certain borrowed words, such as Cornish : fondacyon RMC [fɔnˈdasjɔn] , RLC [fənˈdæʃjɐn] "foundation". ^3 TC speakers realise dh as [θ] and v as [f] word-finally in an unstressed syllable. RLC speakers may not even realise these sounds at all, although this
2080-527: The quay, rebuilt in 1577 with funds from the Blanchminster charity. The river divided the land owned by two Cornish families. South of the river was owned by Sir John Arundell, while land to the north was owned by Sir Richard Grenville of Stowe Barton, Kilkhampton. During the 1700-1800s, Bude was a thriving port used by smaller vessels. Over time, the land changed hands – the Grenville land passed to
2132-680: The rest of the British Isles and South West England, Bude experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. Temperature extremes at the Met Office weather station at Bude range from −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) during February 1969 to 36.0 °C (96.8 °F) in July 2022. The Met Office recorded Bude as the sunniest place in the United Kingdom during the summer of 2013 with 783 hours of sunlight. Bude-Stratton
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2184-629: The short version of long o [ɔː/oː] , or [ɤ] , the short counterpart to oo [oː/uː] . When representing [ɤ] , the 2013 Review suggests o could be written as ò for clarity in "dictionaries and teaching materials". ^6 Used as a variant graph by RLC speakers in a few words where RMC and TC speakers use long a , [aː] and [æː] respectively. After the 2013 Review, used solely in Cornish : boas "be", Cornish : broas "big", Cornish : doas "come", Cornish : moas "go", and their derivatives. ^7 Used in word only when both Kernewek Kemmyn (KK) writes oe and RLC realises
2236-451: The sound [uː] . Therefore, oo does not always correspond to KK, e.g. SWF Cornish : loor , KK Cornish : loer "moon" both [loːr] , but SWF Cornish : hwor [ʍɔːr] , KK Cornish : hwoer [hwoːr] "sister". This is because evidence suggests the second group of words with o underwent a different phonological development to the first group with oe . ^8 Pronounced solely as [uː] in RLC. ^9 Given as [y] in
2288-697: The south and Furzey Cove to the north, is a SSSI ( Site of Special Scientific Interest ) noted for its geological and biological interest. Part of the land designated as the Bude Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest is owned by the National Trust . Carboniferous sandstone cliffs surround Bude. During the Variscan Orogeny the strata were heavily faulted and folded. As the sands and cliffs around Bude contain calcium carbonate (a natural fertiliser), farmers used to take sand from
2340-522: The suspension. In December of that year, the tunnel was covered in Christmas lights . Reviews of the tunnel were reinstated by the website in October 2023, causing another influx of positive reviews. In 2021, Bude hosted the Gorsedh Kernow (a festival of Cornish culture and bardic ceremony) as it did in 1961, 1975, and 1993. The festival was scheduled to take place in 2020, but was postponed due to
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2444-828: The town of Torquay Hele, Torridge , a hamlet in the far west of Devon South Hele, Devon , a hamlet near South Brent Croker's Hele, Meeth , an historic estate in Somerset Hele, Somerset , a village near Taunton in China Hele, Hainan , a township-level division in Hainan Hele Railway Station , on the Hainan Eastern Ring Railway in Hainan in Greece Hele (Laconia) ,
2496-601: The town. Many ships have been wrecked on the jagged reefs which fringe the base of the cliffs. The figurehead of one of these, the Bencoolen , a barque whose wrecking in 1862 resulted in the drowning of most of the crew, was preserved in the churchyard but was transferred to the town museum to save it from further decay. The aftermath of the wreck of the Bencoolen was described by Robert Stephen Hawker in letters which were published in Hawker's Poetical Works (1879). Like
2548-506: The use of Cornish in Cornwall . The new form was agreed in May 2008 after two years of negotiations, and was influenced by all the previous orthographies. The negotiating teams comprised members of all the main Cornish language groups, Kesva an Taves Kernewek , Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek , Agan Tavas , and Cussel an Tavas Kernuak , and received input from experts and academics from Europe and
2600-400: Was constructed in 1839. The spectacular sandstone coast here is a Site of Specific Scientific Interest , known for jagged reefs, implicated in many past shipwrecks. Alongside the sea and by the canal runs the river Neet (or Strat). The two halves of the town are connected by Nanny Moore's bridge, a grade two listed building, named after a 19th-century ‘dipper’ who lived nearby. Beyond this lay
2652-483: Was previously Stratton-Bude. Bude's population in 1901 was 2308; by 2001 it had risen to 4674. The town is home to a number of sports teams including Bude RFC – the town's rugby club, and Bude Town – the local football club. Bude is the host town of the North Cornwall Cup, a large youth football event held every August. Bude & North Cornwall Golf Club is ideally situated within the town centre. Bude
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#17327984369362704-674: Was served by the Atlantic Coast Express , providing a direct service to/from London Waterloo , until it was discontinued in 1964. Bude station and the entire Bude branch line closed on 1 October 1966 as part of the Beeching cuts . Bude and neighbouring Stratton are more distant from the rail network than any other towns in England. Okehampton (29 miles), Barnstaple (35 miles north east), Bodmin Parkway (32 miles south) and Gunnislake (32 miles sse) are
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