Stencoose

Stencoose
Stencoose
	Stencoose Location within Cornwall
Unitary authority	Cornwall;
Ceremonial county	Cornwall;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Redruth
Postcode district	TR16
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Camborne and Redruth;
	List of places UK England Cornwall 50°16′N 5°13′W / 50.26°N 5.21°W

Stencoose is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the parish of St Agnes. It is located north of Redruth, near the village of Mawla.^[1]^[2]

History

The Haweis family owned a forty or fifty acre estate in the village for many years.^[3] By 1824 the main villages, aside from St Agnes, in the St Agnes Parish were Mithian, Stenclose (Stencoose), and Malow (Mawla).^[4]

Stencoose underwent archaeological exploration in 1996.^[5]

Mining

Nearly a mile east of Stencoose is Wheal Concord, a tin mine.^[2] The Stencoose and Mawla United Mine was worked 1860–62.^[6]

References

^ Spargo, Thomas (1864). Statistics and observations on the mines of Cornwall and Devon ... Darling and son, Printers. p. 1. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b "The Mining magazine". Mining Publications. 1951: 142–3. Retrieved 8 October 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Hitchins, Fortescue; Drew, Samuel (1824). The history of Cornwall: from the earliest records and traditions, to the present time. W. Penaluna. p. 364. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ Samuel Drew. The History of Cornwall: From the Earlist Records and Traditions, to the Present Time. W. Penaluna; 1824 [cited 23 September 2012]. p. 18.
^ Council for British Archaeology; Archaeological Investigations Project; English Heritage (1996). "Gazetteer of archaeological investigations in England". Council for British Archaeology: 465. Retrieved 8 October 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1951). "Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy: Mining technology". Great Britain: Maney Publishing: 348. Retrieved 8 October 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[Spargo1864-1] Spargo, Thomas (1864). Statistics and observations on the mines of Cornwall and Devon ... Darling and son, Printers. p. 1. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

[The_Mining_magazine-2] "The Mining magazine". Mining Publications. 1951: 142–3. Retrieved 8 October 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[HitchinsDrew1824-3] Hitchins, Fortescue; Drew, Samuel (1824). The history of Cornwall: from the earliest records and traditions, to the present time. W. Penaluna. p. 364. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

[4] Samuel Drew. The History of Cornwall: From the Earlist Records and Traditions, to the Present Time. W. Penaluna; 1824 [cited 23 September 2012]. p. 18.

[ArchaeologyProject1996-5] Council for British Archaeology; Archaeological Investigations Project; English Heritage (1996). "Gazetteer of archaeological investigations in England". Council for British Archaeology: 465. Retrieved 8 October 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[Britain)Publishing1951-6] Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1951). "Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy: Mining technology". Great Britain: Maney Publishing: 348. Retrieved 8 October 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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