Stencoose is a village in
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, United Kingdom, in the parish of
St Agnes. It is located north of
Redruth
Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also inc ...
, near the village of
Mawla
Mawlā ( ar, مَوْلَى, plural ''mawālī'' ()), is a polysemous Arabic word, whose meaning varied in different periods and contexts.A.J. Wensinck, Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd ed, Brill. "Mawlā", vol. 6, p. 874.
Before the Islamic prophet ...
.
History
The Haweis family owned a forty or fifty acre estate in the village for many years.
By 1824 the main villages, aside from St Agnes, in the St Agnes Parish were
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 ...
, Stenclose (Stencoose), and Malow (
Mawla
Mawlā ( ar, مَوْلَى, plural ''mawālī'' ()), is a polysemous Arabic word, whose meaning varied in different periods and contexts.A.J. Wensinck, Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd ed, Brill. "Mawlā", vol. 6, p. 874.
Before the Islamic prophet ...
).
[Samuel Drew. ]
The History of Cornwall: From the Earlist Records and Traditions, to the Present Time
'. W. Penaluna; 1824 ited 23 September 2012 p. 18.
Stencoose underwent archaeological exploration in 1996.
Mining
Nearly a mile east of Stencoose is
Wheal Concord, a tin mine.
The Stencoose and Mawla United Mine was worked 1860–62.
References
Villages in Cornwall
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