The imaginary Cornish court of Halgaver

Halgavor Road, nr Bodmin - by Phil Williams [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

"'He is to be summoned before the Mayor of Halgaver.'

This is a joculary and imaginary court, wherewith men make merriment to themselves, presenting such persons who go slovenly in their attire : where judgment in formal terms is given against them, and executed more to the scorn than hurt of the persons.

Ray 1768

Map - Halgavor Moor

[Halgavor was a moor near Bodmin. Al that remains now is a housing estate, a farm and some enclosed fields.]