Menadarva Explained

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Country:England
Region:South West England
Map Type:Cornwall
Official Name:Menadarva
Cornish Name:Merther Derwa
Civil Parish:Camborne
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Os Grid Reference:SW614415
Coordinates:50.225°N -5.347°W
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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]

The Norman font of the church of All Saints' Church, Tuckingmill came from the medieval chapel of St Derwa at Menadarva.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (St Ives & Lizard Point). 978-0-319-23289-7. Ordnance Survey. 2009.
  2. http://www.explorebritain.info/locality-cornwall-menadarva-sw6141 Menadarva
  3. News: Valuable Tin-stream for sale . The Cornishman . 346 . 5 March 1885 . 1.
  4. Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 236
  5. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford