Barkla Shop is a small

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in mid

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, England,

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half-a-mile east of St Agnes. It is in the

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Perranzabuloe Perranzabuloe (; kw, Pyran yn Treth) is a coastal civil parish and a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Perranzabuloe parish is bordered to the west by the Atlantic coast and St Agnes parish, to the north by Cubert parish, to the eas ...

. Barkla Shop, located on the road between

Perranporth Perranporth ( kw, Porthperan) is a seaside resort town on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 1 mile east of the St Agnes Heritage Coastline, and around 8 miles south-west of Newquay. Perranporth and its long beach f ...

and St Agnes, is named after a

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's shop. When the railway was built rock was brought from the Wheal Liberty quarries by horses, and the blacksmith's shop was important to properly maintain the horses. There was also a carpenter's shop. Both shops are no longer there.''Mithian Walking Tour.''
St Agnes Forum. Retrieved 23 September 2012. The

Mithian Mithian ( kw, Mydhyan) is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles (9.6 km) northeast of Redruth and a mile east of St Agnes. Mithian is in the administrative civil parish of St Agnes (which was in the former C ...

post office is located in Barkla. The Glen Carne Housing and Support organisation has a location in Barkla Shop, for long term housing while homeless men gain training and education, such as in

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.''Glen Carne.''
Cornwall Council. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

Gallery

File:Barkla Farm - geograph.org.uk - 181616.jpg, Barkla Farm File:Mithian Post Office, Barkla Shop, St Agnes - geograph.org.uk - 45840.jpg, Mithian Post Office, Barkla Shop, St Agnes File:Across Trevellas Valley at Barkla Shop - geograph.org.uk - 181627.jpg, Across Trevellas Valley at Barkla Shop File:Across the valley to Barkla Shop - geograph.org.uk - 68908.jpg, Across the valley to Barkla Shop from a spot near Ropewalk Farm looks east across the valley. The village of Mithian lies over the far hillside. File:Guard horse near Barkla Shop - geograph.org.uk - 86288.jpg, Guard horse near Barkla Shop

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