Balwest
Balwest (Cornish: Bal West, meaning Western mine) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Porthleven[1] in west Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom .[2] It is in the civil parish of Germoe.
| 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 | |
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
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 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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