St Jidgey

St Jidgey is a small, characterful hamlet in mid Cornwall, set along the A39 north of St Columb Major and southwest of Wadebridge. Its compact cluster of buildings is anchored by the Halfway House Inn, a coaching inn that hints at the village’s long relationship with travellers along this route. The hamlet sits within postcode district PL27 in the county of Cornwall, region South West. Its name reaches back in the records: documented as Sentysy in 1517, the place-name is derived from St Ydi, a reminder of the area’s deeper historical roots. St Jidgey’s quiet roadside presence and historical name offer a genuine Cornish note for those exploring the county’s lanes and towns, where a coaching inn and centuries-old toponymy together evoke the layers of local story waiting to be discovered.