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area and is surrounded by disused shafts and engine houses. Lead seams were discovered in the 1840s and Menheniot became the centre of a mining boom which lasted until the 1870s. During this period the population doubled. Wheal Trelawney was a lead and arsenic mine which was worked from 1840 to 1890
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of Exeter), which depicts the polar exploits of Vice-Admiral Trelawney-Jago, and the earliest monumental brass in Cornwall (commemorating Sir Ralph Carmynow, d. 1386). There are a number of interesting monuments to the Trelawnys, including Jonathan Trelawny (d. 1674) and
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Menheniot had a population of 1,605 in the 2001 census. This increased slightly to 1,655 at the 2011 census, whereas the ward population at the same census was 3,658. The village has a primary school, a pub, a shop and a post office.
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The parish church, located in the village, is dedicated to St Lalluwy. It has a buttressed tower and a spire. The alleged dedications to St Antoninus and St Corentin derive from errors made by
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at Maudlin near Liskeard which did remain in existence for some time after. As a valuable benefice several of the incumbents have been men of some distinction, including
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and the cure of souls became a vicarage. Five chapels in the parish are recorded in the Middle Ages but they were abolished at the Reformation. There was also a
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became vicar of Menheniot and in 1641 archdeacon of Cornwall. He was deprived of his offices under the Commonwealth but became a bishop after the Restoration.
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Features of interest include the ceiled wagon roofs, the pulpit (1891 by
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At Coldrenick was a black and white mansion dated 1870 by the architect
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is an Anglican mission church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
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tournaments, for prizes, were held in Menheniot in the 1800s.
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To the south of the civil parish is Clicker Tor Quarry, a
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West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 15 August 1862.
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Stephen Menheniott
Cornish

Menheniot is located in Cornwall
Cornwall
OS grid reference
SX289628
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Cornwall
Ceremonial county
Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
PL14
Dialling code
Police
Devon and Cornwall
Fire
Cornwall
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
South East Cornwall
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