Polgooth
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Polgooth () is a former mining village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies mainly in the parish of St Mewan and partly in the parish of St Ewe. The nearest town is St Austell two miles (3.5 km) to the north-east.
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Place details
- Locality
- Polgooth
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.official_name
- Polgooth
- UK place.cornish_name
- Pollgoodh
- UK place.civil_parish
- St Mewan / St Ewe
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- St Austell and Newquay
- UK place.post_town
- St Austell
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL26
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01726
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SW996506
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- "The greatest tin mine in the world"
- "Enlivened by humble cottages"
- Religious radicals
- The village today
- Notes
- Related
- External links
Polgooth () is a former mining village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies mainly in the parish of St Mewan and partly in the parish of St Ewe. The nearest town is St Austell two miles (3.5 km) to the north-east.
=="The greatest tin mine in the world"== Antiquarians once claimed that the mines of Polgooth had supplied Phoenician traders with tin 3000 years ago, but in fact the earliest historical record is a list compiled in 1593, in which several well-established Polgooth workings were named. At that time and subsequently, the mines were owned by the Edgcumbe family.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polgooth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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