Albaston ( kw, Trevalba) is a
hamlet
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in
Cornwall
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, England,
United Kingdom
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. It is in the
civil parish
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of
Calstock
Calstock ( kw, Kalstok) is a civil parish and a large village in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. The village is situated on the River Tamar south west of Tavistock and north of Plymouth.
The parish had ...
. It is located at
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Albaston is about 1 mile (2 kilometres) from the centre of
Gunnislake
Gunnislake ( kw, Dowrgonna) is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Plymouth
Gunnislake is in the civil parish of Calstock and is close to C ...
and half-a-mile (0.7 kilometres) from
Gunnislake railway station
Gunnislake railway station serves the village of Gunnislake in Cornwall, England. There are also connecting buses from here to the town of Tavistock. However the station is located in or nearer to the villages of Drakewalls and Albaston. It i ...
, the terminus of the
Tamar Valley Line
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from
Plymouth
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Plymouth ...
.
History
Historically, Albaston was closely connected with the nearby mine at
Drakewalls
Drakewalls is a small village in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, UK. It is in Calstock parish, adjacent to Gunnislake between Callington, Cornwall, Callington and Tavistock, Devon, Tavistock.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ...
. The success of the Drakewalls mine in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century led to the growth of the village of Albaston, including the construction of a Methodist chapel and several shops, dwellings and businesses.
A brewery, Edward Bowhay & Brothers, was established by 1877; this brewery had ceased operation by 1930.
Albaston, Chapel of Rest
The grave yard in front was consecrated in 1888. Outside the Chapel, just inside the main gate, there is a large Granite Memorial Cross commemorating the 132 men who had made the supreme sacrifice in war. On the cross it bears the following inscription;
:"''Thanks be to god which giveth us the victory In glorious memory of the men from the parish of Calstock who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918. Greater Love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends"''
Facilities
The village has a Methodist church, known as Tamar Valley Methodist Church. The current building was opened in 2001.
The Old Post Office House is now let as a holiday home accommodating nine people.
Notable residents
Christian
Pentecostal
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Thomas Ball Barratt
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was born in Albaston in 1862, the son of a mining engineer. He moved to Norway when his father began working for a mine there and in later life became the founder of the Norwegian Pentecostal movement.
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Hamlets in Cornwall