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Horsedowns
Horsedowns (or Horse Downs) is a hamlet east of Leedstown, south of Praze-an-Beeble and in the civil parish of Crowan, in West Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ..., England.Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189''. 1961 The hamlet is situated within the Tregonning and Trewavas Mining District of thCornish Mining World Heritagearea. Parts of the hamlet include historic mine workings, linked to the setts aBinner Downs (South) Mine an Wheal Treasure Mine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowan
Crowan ( kw, Egloskrewen (village), Pluw Grewen (parish)) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is about three-and-a-half miles (6 km) south of Camborne.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' A former mining parish, all of the mines had shut by 1880. Geography Crowan had a population of 2,375 (2001) which had increased to 2,454 in the 2011 census. Crowan Churchtown is not the largest settlement: there are villages at Praze-an-Beeble, Nancegollan, Bolitho and Leedstown and a hamlet at Black Rock (on the B3280 road four miles (6.5 km) south of Camborne and five miles (8 km) north of Helston). The hamlets of Carzise, Clowance Wood, Drym, Fraddam, Gwinear Downs, Horsedowns, Nine Maidens Downs, Noonvares, Paul's Green, Releath, Townshend and Tremayne are also in the parish. The River Hayle rises near Crowan and flows through the village and the railway branch to Helston passed nearby. Notable buildings and antiquities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, with the River Tamar forming the border between them. Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The southwesternmost point is Land's End and the southernmost Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of and an area of . The county has been administered since 2009 by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council. The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly, which are administered separately. The administrative centre of Cornwall is Truro, its only city. Cornwall was formerly a Brythonic kingdom and subsequently a royal duchy. It is the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish dias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Ives (UK Parliament Constituency)
St Ives is a parliamentary List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency covering the western end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The constituency has been represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2015 by Derek Thomas (politician), Derek Thomas, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative MP. The area's voters produced the 22nd closest result in the 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 general election; a winning margin of 312 votes. Since 1992, the same locally leading two parties' candidates who were fielded (varying at different times) have won at least 27.2% of the vote each; the third placed candidate, that of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, has fluctuated between 8.2% and 15.2% of share of the vote. Constituency profile The seat covers the southern end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Tourism is a significant sector in this former mining area. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a Parish (administrative division), parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet has roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French ' came to apply to small human settlements. Etymology The word comes from Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman ', corresponding to Old French ', the diminutive of Old French ' meaning a little village. This, in turn, is a diminutive of Old French ', possibly borrowed from (West Germanic languages, West Germanic) Franconian languages. Compare with modern French ', Dutch language, Dutch ', Frisian languages, Frisian ', German ', Old English ' and Modern English ''home''. By country Afghanistan In Afghanistan, the counterpart of the hamlet is the Qila, qala (Dari language, Dari: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leedstown
Leedstown is a village on the B3280 road between Helston and Hayle in the civil parish of Crowan (where the 2011 census population is included.), Cornwall, England. It lies north-west of Helston and south-east of Hayle at above sea level. It is located halfway between the north and south coasts. Leedstown got its name from the Duke of Leeds, who married the daughter of the St Aubyn family. The village has a primary school,a pub and a garage. The first school, described as ″a large boys school″ was funded by John St Aubyn in, or around 1813 and a girls school was built in the 1840s. A board school was opened June 1879. Designed by Mr W Carah of Crowan the school had two large classrooms. Today, the school is now known as Leedstown Community Primary School and is part of Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust. Remains of the former Crenver and Wheal Abraham mines may be seen along the road to Crenver Grove. The former Godolphin Mine is in the woods near Godolphin Hall; coppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
