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Twelveheads
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Twelveheads () is a hamlet east of St Day in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies in the parish of Chacewater, between Truro and Redruth.
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- Twelveheads
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
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- Twelveheads Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 1051215.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01872
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- Twelveheads
- postal code
- TR4
- OS grid reference
- SW760424
- P12749
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Twelveheads () is a hamlet east of St Day in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies in the parish of Chacewater, between Truro and Redruth.
==History and geography== The name comes from the hamlet's mining history. Sets of stamps (machines used for crushing ore) were once used on the dressing floors in the village. The stamps had a total of twelve 'heads'.
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England
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Cornwall
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Cornish
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Truro
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South West England
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region of England
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Penzance
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ceremonial county of England
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Falmouth
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St Ives
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Newquay
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civil parish
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Bodmin
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St Austell
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River Tamar
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Redruth
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