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Camborne
Camborne (, meaning "crooked hill") is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 23,831 and the population of the built up area was 20,450. The town lies about inland, but the northern boundary of the parish is the coast, including Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. The coast is followed by the South West Coast Path. As well as Camborne itself, the parish also includes a number of hamlets.
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
cultural landscape
Helston
Helston () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula, approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town on the island of Great Britain and is around farther south than Penzance. At the 2021 census, the population of the parish was 11,611 and that of the built up area was 11,360.
St Day
village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK
Gwennap
thumb|The rings at Gwennap Pit from above, taken in 2022. Gwennap () is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about five miles (8 km) southeast of Redruth. Hamlets of Burncoose, Comford, Coombe, Crofthandy, Cusgarne, Fernsplatt, Frogpool, Hick's Mill, Tresamble and United Downs lie in the parish, as does Little Beside country house.
Delabole
Delabole () is a large village and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which lies approximately two miles (3 km) west of Camelford.
Wendron
Wendron (; historically St. Wendron) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately to the north of Helston and to the west of Penryn. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,743. The electoral ward of Wendron had a 2011 population of 4,936.
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gold nugget found in Victoria, Australia
Angarrack
Angarrack () is a village in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian a mile to the east of Hayle. Immediately south of the village Angarrack viaduct carries the Cornish mainline railway over the Angarrack River. The name comes from An Garrek which means "The Rock" in the Cornish language. According to the Ordnance Survey the spelling is Angarrack but on signs near the village, it is variously spelled Angarrack, Angharrack, or Angarrick.
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ladder-lift mechanism installed in mines
Gwinear
village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
Tuckingmill
village in Camborne, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Tolgus Mount
village in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
history of mining in Cornwall and Devon
subject history of area of England