Stencoose Explained

Official Name:	Stencoose
Country:	England
Map Type:	Cornwall
Coordinates:	50.26°N -5.21°W
Region:	South West England
Post Town:	Redruth
Postcode District:	TR16
Postcode Area:	TR

Stencoose is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the parish of St Agnes. It is located north of Redruth, near the village of Mawla.^[1]

History

The Haweis family owned a forty or fifty acre estate in the village for many years.^[2] By 1824 the main villages, aside from St Agnes, in the St Agnes Parish were Mithian, Stenclose (Stencoose), and Malow (Mawla).^[3]

Stencoose underwent archaeological exploration in 1996.^[4]

Mining

Nearly a mile east of Stencoose is Wheal Concord, a tin mine.^[5] The Stencoose and Mawla United Mine was worked 1860–62.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Spargo, Thomas. Statistics and observations on the mines of Cornwall and Devon .... 8 October 2011. 1864. Darling and son, Printers. 1.
2. Book: Hitchins. Fortescue. Fortescue Hitchins. Drew. Samuel. Samuel Drew. The history of Cornwall: from the earliest records and traditions, to the present time . 8 October 2011. 1824. W. Penaluna . 364.
3. Samuel Drew. The History of Cornwall: From the Earlist Records and Traditions, to the Present Time. W. Penaluna; 1824 [cited 23 September 2012]. p. 18.
4. Council for British Archaeology . Archaeological Investigations Project . English Heritage . Gazetteer of archaeological investigations in England . 8 October 2011 . 1996 . Council for British Archaeology . 465.
5. The Mining magazine . 8 October 2011 . 1951 . Mining Publications . 142–3.
6. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy . Great Britain . Maney Publishing . Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy: Mining technology . 8 October 2011 . 1951 . 348.