Balwest | |
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Balwest Methodist chapel, a Grade II listed building | |
Balwest Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SW594298 |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Helston |
Postcode district | TR13 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Balwest (Cornish: Bal West, meaning Western mine) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Germoe[1] in west Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom.[2]
The hamlet is on the southern edge of a former mining area, part of a geological formation known as the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite (one of five granite batholiths in Cornwall) which was formerly an important source of tin and copper ore (see also Geology of Cornwall).
A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was opened at Balwest in 1829 for miners.[3] The building is Grade II listed.
References
- ↑ "Cornwall Council interactive mapping". Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010. Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved May 2010
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- ↑ GENUKI website: Germoe. Retrieved May 2010
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