Troon ( kw, Trewoon) 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 ...

, UK, southeast of

Camborne Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. Camborne was formerl ...

. The village lies at around above

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. An electoral ward named Troon and Beacon covers the area north from ''Troon'' to the outskirts of

. The population at the 2011 census was 5,410. New Road, Troon - geograph

There were once important copper and tin mines near Troon, including the Grenville Mines. Wheal Grenville began to be worked in the 1820s though it was not productive until the 1850s, at which time the South and East mines were worked independently. In 1906 these mines were united with South Condurrow to form the Grenville United Mines and continued until 1920. The mineral

Condurrite Condurrite is a name given to a mixture of cuprite, domeykite and tenorite. It takes its name from the Great Condurrow Mine at Troon, Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It ...

is a compound mineral named after the Great Condurrow Mine at Troon. The King Edward Mine is still situated on the outskirts of the village on the Carn Brea Road. It has a museum and can still be visited. An inscribed

altar An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in paga ...

stone found at Chapel Ia, Troon (now set in the altar of the parish church), and dated to the tenth or eleventh centuries, attests to the existence of a settlement then. The chapel of

Saint Ia Saint Ia of Cornwall (also known as ''Eia'', ''Hia'' or ''Hya'') was an evangelist and martyr of the 5th or 6th centuries in Cornwall. She is said to have been an Irish princess, the sister of Erc of Slane and a student of Saint Baricus. Legend ...

was recorded in 1429 and a holy well was nearby. The site was called Fenton-ear (i.e. the well of Ia). The stone is very similar to one now in the garden at Pendarves, used as the base for a sundial. There are two Cornish crosses at Pendarves; one was found in a ditch on the estate and then set up near the house. It has a crude crucifixus figure on the front and a Latin cross on the back. The other is a cross head found in the kitchen garden at Pendarves.

Troon Cricket Club

Formed in 1875 as Troon Amateur Cricket Club, the club, along with Camborne, Penzance and St Just, is one of the most successful in Cornish cricket. The club is based at Treslothan Road, where it has played cricket for over a hundred years. In 1972 the club was one of the participants in the inaugural National Village Competition, beating Astwood Bank in the final at

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. They went on to win the competition again the following year and for a third time, which remains a record. Among the many good players to have represented the club down the years, two homegrown players have gone on to play first-class cricket, these are

Anthony Penberthy Anthony Leonard Penberthy (born 1 September 1969) is a former cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He joined the club in 1989. In 1992 he helped Northamptonshire to win the NatWest Trophy. He received hi ...

and

Malcolm Dunstan Malcolm Stephen Thomas Dunstan (born 14 October 1950) is a former English cricketer. Dunstan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Redruth, Cornwall. Dunstan made his début in county cricket for Cornwal ...

. Former Pakistan and ICL spinner Arshad Khan also represented the club in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Treslothan

Troon is in the parish of Treslothan which was divided from the parish of Camborne in 1845. St John's Church was built to the designs of

George Wightwick George Wightwick (26 August 1802 – 9 July 1872) was a British architect based in Plymouth, and possibly the first architectural journalist. In addition to his architectural practice, he developed his skills and the market for architectural ...

four years earlier (opened in October 1841). The 15th century font was removed from Camborne church in the 18th century. The miner poet John Harris (1820–1884) is buried in the churchyard, where also is the mausoleum of the Pendarves family.

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External links

GENUKI account of Treslothan

Troon Cricket Club

King Edward Mine
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