Twelveheads ( kw, Dewdhek Stamp) is a hamlet east of St Day in west

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History and geography

The name comes from the hamlet's mining history. Sets of

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(machines used for crushing ore) were once used on the dressing floors in the village. The stamps had a total of twelve 'heads'. Twelveheads Methodist Church - geograph

Twelveheads has a

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Billy Bray William Trewartha Bray (1 June 1794 – 25 May 1868), known as Billy Bray, was an unconventional Cornish preacher. Biography Billy Bray was born in 1794 in the village of Twelveheads, Cornwall, England, UK. He was the eldest of three chil ...

, the Methodist preacher, was born here. The former village pub and post office are both now private housing. Twelveheads is close to the Coast to Coast cycle route and the former mine known as

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. There is also the 'Twelveheads Gate' into the

Poldice Poldice mine is a former metalliferous mine located in Poldice Valley in southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated near the hamlet of Todpool, between the villages of Twelveheads and St Day, three miles (5 km) east of R ...

Valley - the path of the mineral tramway, popular with cyclists, horseriders and walkers. About 500 yards to the south-east, down the Carnon Valley, is the portal of the

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that once drained all the mines in the locality.

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History and geography

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