Menadarva
Menadarva (Cornish: Merther Derwa, meaning grave of St Derwa) is a hamlet in the parish of Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK.[1][2] The Red River flows through the hamlet and on 9 March 1885 the machinery and materials of the Menadarva Lower Tin-Stream was put up for auction.[3]
Menadarva
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 The bridge over the Red River at Menadarva | |
  Menadarva Location within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW614415 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
The Norman font of the church of All Saints' Church, Tuckingmill came from the medieval chapel of St Derwa at Menadarva.[4][5]
References
- 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.
- Menadarva; Explore Britain
- "Valuable Tin-stream for sale". The Cornishman (346). 5 March 1885. p. 1.
- Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 236
- Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford
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