Country: | England |
Official Name: | Carbis |
Region: | South West England |
Os Grid Reference: | SW999595 |
Coordinates: | 50.401°N -4.817°W |
Civil Parish: | Roche |
Unitary England: | Cornwall |
Lieutenancy England: | Cornwall |
Constituency Westminster: | St Austell and Newquay |
Post Town: | ST. AUSTELL |
Postcode Area: | PL |
Postcode District: | PL26 |
Dial Code: | 01726 |
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Carbis is a hamlet 0.9miles east of Roche in Cornwall, England.[1] Carbis lies at about 495feet above sea level.[1]
Rosemellyn China Clay works lies 0.4miles north-east of Carbis. In the 19th century the mining of china clay was an important industry around St Austell indeed the area has the nickname of the "china clay country". The Rosemellyn China Clay company went into liquidation in 1918. A short railway branch line (now dismantled) ran from Carbis Wharf to the sidings at nearby Bugle as part of the Cornwall Minerals Railway.[1]