Polgooth

Also known as Polgooth, Cornwall

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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Wikidata facts

Image: Houses at Polgooth - geograph.org.uk - 113352.jpg
Dialing code: 01726

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Commons category: Polgooth
postal code: PL26
OS grid reference: SW996506
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Contents

"The greatest tin mine in the world"
"Enlivened by humble cottages"
Religious radicals
The village today
Notes
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=="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.