Nancegollan

Nancegollan

Fields near Nancegollan
Nancegollan
 Nancegollan shown within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW637321
Civil parishCrowan
Unitary authorityCornwall
Ceremonial countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
EU Parliament South West England
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall

Coordinates: 50°08′31″N 5°18′32″W / 50.142°N 5.309°W / 50.142; -5.309

Nancegollan is a village in the civil parish of Crowan in west Cornwall, England.[1] Nancegollan is on the B3303 road and southeast of Leedstown. The railway line from Helston to Hayle passed through the village (closed in 1964).[2]

On Polcrebo Downs is the engine house of the Polcrebo Mine which was working in the 1890s but is of very ancient origin.[3]

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (St Ives & Lizard Point) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23289-7.
  2. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  3. Todd, A. C. & Laws, Peter (1972) The Industrial Archaeology of Cornwall. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; p. 236


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