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Nancegollan
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW637321
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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UK
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Cornwall
50°08′31″N5°18′32″W / 50.142°N 5.309°W / 50.142; -5.309

Nancegollan (Cornish : Nansigolen) is a village in the civil parish of Crowan in west Cornwall, England. [1] Nancegollan is on the B3303 road and south-east of Leedstown.

The railway line from Helston to Hayle passed through the village (closed in 1964). [2] Nancegollan station was the largest of the four stations on the branch.

Nancegollan Mine engine house Nancegollan mine.jpg
Nancegollan Mine engine house

On Polcrebo Downs is the engine house of the Polcrebo Mine which was reopened in 1882 and still working in the 1890s; but is of very ancient origin. [3] [4]

The name Nancegollan comes from the Cornish language words nans, meaning 'valley', and igolen, meaning 'whetstone'. [5]

History

During World War 2 there was a single occurrence of bombs being dropped on Nancegollan. Late on the night of 22 August 1940 a mixture of high-explosive bombs and incendiaries were dropped in the vicinity although there is no record of any damage. [6]

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References

  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. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  3. "Mining". The Cornishman. Vol. 195, no. 185. 6 April 1882. p. 5.
  4. Todd, A C; Laws, Peter. The Industrial Archaeological of Cornwall. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 236.
  5. Akademi Kernewek place names - Nansigolen
  6. ""When Bombs Fell" - The air-raids on Cornwall during WW2 : Part 2 - 1940". WW2 People's war. BBC. Retrieved 3 May 2021.