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Barkla Shop
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW738505
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town St Agnes
Postcode district TR5
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50°18′40″N5°10′37″W / 50.311°N 05.177°W / 50.311; -05.177 Coordinates: 50°18′40″N5°10′37″W / 50.311°N 05.177°W / 50.311; -05.177

Barkla Shop is a small hamlet in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom half-a-mile east of St Agnes. [1] [2] It is in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe.

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Barkla Shop, located on the road between Perranporth and St Agnes, is named after a blacksmith's shop. When the railway was built rock was brought from the Wheal Liberty quarries by horses, and the blacksmith's shop was important to properly maintain the horses. There was also a carpenter's shop. Both shops are no longer there. [2] [3]

The Mithian post office is located in Barkla. [4]

The Glen Carne Housing and Support organisation has a location in Barkla Shop, for long term housing while homeless men gain training and education, such as in Information Technology or horticulture. [5]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN   978-0-319-23149-4
  2. 1 2 Mithian Walking Tour. St Agnes Forum. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  3. Villages. St Agnes Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  4. Mithian Post Office, Barkla Shop. Cylex-UK Business Directory. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  5. Glen Carne. Cornwall Council. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

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