St Lawrence

St Lawrence is a hamlet southwest of Bodmin in Cornwall, in postcode district PL30 in the South West of England. From the Middle Ages until 1805 it was the site of a lazar house; for centuries that institution shaped the settlement’s history. In 1805 the lazar house’s revenues were transferred to the Truro Infirmary, a change that marks a notable chapter in the hamlet’s past. Compact yet resonant with history, St Lawrence offers a direct link to Cornwall’s medieval social and medical story. Close to Bodmin, the hamlet provides an opportunity for a reflective stop to consider how small places carry echoes of earlier times. Whether passing through PL30 or pausing to trace the threads of local history, St Lawrence rewards curiosity with its quietly significant past.