Pentewan (Cornish: Bentewyn, meaning foot of the radiant stream) is a coastal village and former port in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at grid reference SX 019 472 3 miles (4.8 km) south of St Austell at the mouth of the St Austell River.
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Pentewan is in the civil parish of Pentewan Valley and the ecclesiastical parish of St Austell.
Pentewan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Pentewan (Cornish: Bentewyn, meaning foot of the radiant stream) is a coastal village and former port in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is...
The Pentewan Railway (Cornish: Hyns-horn Bentewyn) was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway in Cornwall, England. It was built as a horse-drawn tramway...
series of rocks and some of them make very fine building stones (e.g. Pentewan stone, Polyphant stone and Catacleuse stone). Greenstone is another name...
in south Cornwall, England, UK, on the banks of St Austell River in the Pentewan Valley (where the population of the 2011 census was included) approximately...
Pentewan Valley is one of four new civil parishes created on 1 April 2009 for the St Austell district of mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population...
represented by 7 councillors. Pentewan Valley Parish Council covering Tregorrick, Trewhiddle, London Apprentice and Pentewan; represented by 9 councillors...
the river flows south along the Pentewan Valley, which extends for 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), to the village of Pentewan where the river enters the English...
Kingdom. It is a Grade I listed building. The house is faced in silvery-grey Pentewan stone, flanked by colonnaded wings of mellow brick and overlooks the River...
Privateer II was released in 2017 following a similar theme. He now lives in Pentewan, Cornwall, and plays guitar in The Bucket Boys. He also played in a duo...
co-founded the company that became Aston Martin. He was born at Nansladron at Pentewan near St Austell in Cornwall, and was an only child. His father was Edward...
have been produced during a visit by Raspe to Happy-Union mine (at nearby Pentewan) in the late eighteenth century. Raspe was also a chemist with a particular...
showing its past industrial importance. There were also plans to extend the Pentewan railway along the valley from St Austell, but they did not come to fruition...
Carlyon civil parish and Pentewan Valley civil parish. The civil parishes within the district were: Carlyon Fowey Mevagissey Pentewan Valley St Austell St...
Railway Pentewan Railway The railway from St Austell was complete by 22 June 1829 but not incorporated until 20 February 1873 as the Pentewan Railway...
Trenarren (Cornish: Dinaran) is a hamlet northeast of Pentewan in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. A. L. Rowse the historian lived in his retirement...
filming for the first took place in 1989. It was shot on the sands of Pentewan Bay in Cornwall and showed a black horse galloping through the surf along...
Office the 2011 census population was included in the civil parish of Pentewan Valley. Cornwall portal Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay...
northwards course through Gorran Haven and the fishing harbour at Mevagissey to Pentewan where the once busy dock has silted up with sand. The path then climbs...
cross is a fine example of a Gothic stone cross. This cross is made of Pentewan stone; the crosshead is now incomplete as the upper limb is missing. Lamorran...
Tregorrick (Cornish: Tregorrek) is a hamlet south of St Austell in Pentewan Valley civil parish, mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet was...
104 miles (167 km) Milford Haven Dock and Railway: 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) Pentewan Railway: 2 ft 6 in (762 mm); 4 miles (6 km); temporarily closed 1923 Trafford...
output was carted to Charlestown Harbour at first, and then to Pentewan over the Pentewan Railway. As railways developed in Cornwall a number of direct...
and built from the local reddish coloured Biscovey slate with quoins of Pentewan stone from the cliffs near Mevagissey. The Biscovey Stone is the shaft...
Polmear beach was dug out to become Charlestown harbour circa 1800, as was Pentewan in 1826. Joseph Austen shipped copper from Caffa Mill Pill above Fowey...
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