Balwest

Balwest

Balwest Methodist chapel, a Grade II listed building
Balwest
 Balwest shown within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW594298
Shire countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district TR13
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentSt Ives (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 50°07′15″N 5°21′56″W / 50.12082°N 5.36551°W / 50.12082; -5.36551

Balwest (Cornish: Bal West, meaning Western mine) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Germoe[1] in west Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom .[2]

The hamlet is on the southern edge of a former mining area, part of a geological formation known as the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite (one of five granite batholiths in Cornwall) which was formerly an important source of tin and copper ore (see also Geology of Cornwall).

A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was opened at Balwest in 1829 for miners.[3] The building is Grade II listed.

References

  1. Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved May 2010
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  3. GENUKI website: Germoe. Retrieved May 2010
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