Mawnan Smith

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Mawnan Smith
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Mawnan Smith
Location within Cornwall
Area0.5275 km2 (0.2037 sq mi)
Population1,020 (2019 estimate)
•  Density 1,934/km2 (5,010/sq mi)
OS grid reference SW777287
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FALMOUTH
Postcode district TR11
Dialling code 01326
Police Devon and Cornwall
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Ambulance South Western
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50°07′00″N5°06′39″W / 50.11666°N 5.11090°W / 50.11666; -5.11090

Mawnan Smith (Cornish : Mownan an Gov) is a village in the civil parish of Mawnan in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles south of Falmouth. [1] In 2019 it had an estimated population of 1020. [2]

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The parish church of St Mawnan and St Stephen is in Mawnan village (also known as Mawnan Church). A second church, St Michael's, was built in the village of Mawnan Smith in 1876 and there was also a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the village.

The village name may derive from the fact that it once had four working smithies serving the many farms in the parish. [3] By the early 20th century only one remained in business. It was operated by blacksmith Billy James followed by his son Dryden and closed when the latter died in 1994. The Mawnan Anvil Trust [4] has since restored the smithy as a working forge with a resident artist blacksmith [5] and the site now also includes a silversmith, [6] sign writer [7] and carpenter. [8]

Owlman

Mawnan Smith is also home to a number of sightings of the British cryptid, the Owlman. [9]

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References

The smithy is restored and open to the public DSCN1084MawnanForge.jpg
The smithy is restored and open to the public
  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN   978-0-319-23149-4
  2. ↑ "Mawnan Smith". City Population De. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mawnan". GENUKI. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Old Smithy and Craft workshops Mawnan Smith". Mawnansmith.org. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "SAW Forge". SAW Forge. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jeweller Silversmith". Abigail Brown. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Traditional hand painted and gold leaf signs from Cornwall". Signs of good taste. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Joinery and Furniture by Peter Steele". O-a-k.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Jonathan Downes, "The Owl Man", rpr. at Eyewitness Accounts -Mothman, Owlman and the Pterosaur Archived August 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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