a town of Cornwall in England, seated on the river Valle, over which there is here a bridge. W. Long. 5°. 25'. N. Lat. 50°. 20'. The inhabitants have a considerable manufacture of gloves; and the town sends two members to parliament. Some think that this town is the Voluba of the ancients, because it stands on the same river; and that on the building of the bridge, the name was changed into Grandpont. It was made a borough in the reign of Edward III. by whose charter it was endowed with large privileges, particularly freedom from toll through all Cornwall, a market on Saturday, and three fairs in the year; which the burgesses hold of the duchy of Cornwall in fee-farm, at the rent of about 12 guineas. Its privileges were confirmed by King Henry VIII., but it did not send members to parliament till the reign of Edward VI. It is a corporation with a mayor, 8 magistrates, a recorder, and town-clerk. The mayor is chosen annually the Tuesday before Michaelmas, and the members by the majority of the magistrates and freemen, who are such of the inhabitants as pay feet and lot. There is a chapel of ease in the town to the parish-church, which is at Creed, about a quarter of a mile off.