Ponts Mill

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Ponts Mill
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Ponts Mill
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SX073561
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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Cornwall
50°22′23″N4°42′40″W / 50.373°N 4.711°W / 50.373; -4.711 Coordinates: 50°22′23″N4°42′40″W / 50.373°N 4.711°W / 50.373; -4.711

Ponts Mill is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is a mile north of St Blazey. [1] Ponts Mill was once a port on the Par River, and as late as 1720, 80 ton seagoing vessels could reach the port. [2]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186. 1961.
  2. Bristow, Colin M. (1996). Cornwall's Geology and Scenery. An Introduction. St Austell: Cornish Hillside Publications. p. 137. ISBN   1 900147 01 7.