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Cornish tin stamps

Dec 27, 2021Daisy GraceCornwall, Metalliferous mining

Large machines for crushing tin and copper ore.

Gwennap

Dec 4, 2021Daisy GraceCornwallBetter than Wikipedia

Hamlet and civil parish in West Cornwall.

Cornish churchtowns

Dec 1, 2021Daisy GraceCornwall

Ecclesiastical parishes in Cornwall sometimes have a parish church situated in a churchtown.

Gwennap Pit

Nov 30, 2021Daisy GraceCornwall, Religious architectureNot on Wikipedia

Amphitheatre in which John Wesley preached between 1762 and 1789, occupying a depression that was possibly formed by the subsidence of underground mine workings.

Perranarworthal

Nov 13, 2021Daisy GraceCornwall

Mostly rural parish in West Cornwall.

Perran Foundry

Nov 5, 2021Daisy GraceCornwall, Ironworks & foundries, ManufacturersNot on Wikipedia

Cornish foundry established in 1791 to supply steam-engine pumps and heavy machinery to mines, waterworks and ironworks.

St Piran’s Church, Perranarworthal

Oct 19, 2020Daisy GraceCornwall, Religious buildings

Active Anglican church in Perranarworthal, dedicated to Cornwall’s patron saint.

Roundwood

Jul 23, 2020Daisy GraceCastles & forts, Cornwall, Shipping & boats

Roundwood is a wooded peninsula on the River Fal in Cornwall, where there is evidence of occupation and settlement since at least the Iron Age.

South Wheal Frances

Dec 16, 2019Daisy GraceCornwall, Industrial organisations, Metalliferous mining

Copper and tin mine to the south of Camborne in Cornwall, named after the mineral lord, Lady Frances Basset

The Hooper

Sep 14, 2019Eric CorbettCornwall, ParanormalFacebook post, Not on Wikipedia

Mysterious cloud of mist that often hovered over the Cowloe Rock, near Sennen Cove in Cornwall, warning of approaching bad weather.