Menadarva

Menadarva Cornish: Mertherderwa
The bridge over the Red River at Menadarva
Menadarva Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SW614415
Civil parish	Camborne
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Cornwall 50°13′30″N5°20′49″W / 50.225°N 5.347°W / 50.225; -5.347

Menadarva (Cornish : Mertherderwa, 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]}

References

• Cornwall portal

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (St Ives & Lizard Point) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN   978-0-319-23289-7.
2. Menadarva; Explore Britain
3. "Valuable Tin-stream for sale". The Cornishman. No. 346. 5 March 1885. p. 1.
4. Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 236
5. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford