Halsetown is a village near St Ives,

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. Halsetown is an industrial village planned by the solicitor and politician

James Halse James Halse (bapt. 28 January 1769 – 14 May 1838) was an English lawyer and wealthy businessman in Cornwall. He was also a Tory (later Conservative Party (UK), Conservative) politician. Halse settled in St Ives, Cornwall, St Ives around 1790, w ...

and built in the 1830s. There was a tin mine nearby and also a ropewalk. James Halse founded the village in the early 1830s in order to provide housing for his workers, making it one of the earliest planned settlements in England. The village was designed with houses laid out in a grid pattern, with each house having enough attached land (1/4 acre) to entitle the occupier to vote. The ecclesiastical parish was created in 1846 and the parish church (1857) was dedicated to St John the Evangelist. A mission chapel was opened on 6 November 1878 because the parish church at St Ives, was too far for parishioners to attend. The village is administered by St Ives Town Council.

Notable residents

The actor

Henry Irving Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility ( ...

was brought up in the village, fostered by his aunt, Mrs Penberthy.

References

* Villages in Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub