Carbis

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Carbis
Carbis Carbis shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SW999595
Civil parish	Roche
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ST. AUSTELL
Postcode district	PL26
Dialling code	01726
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	St Austell and Newquay
List of places UK England Cornwall

Coordinates: 50°24′04″N 4°49′01″W / 50.401°N 4.817°W / 50.401; -4.817

Carbis is a hamlet 0.9 miles (1.4 km) east of Roche in Cornwall, England.^[1] Carbis lies at about 495 feet (151 m) above sea level.^[1]

Old china clay works at Carbis

Rosemellyn China Clay works lies 0.4 miles (0.64 km) north-east of Carbis. In the 19th century the mining of china clay was an important industry around St Austell indeed the area has the nick-name of the "china clay country". The Rosemellyn China Clay company went into liquidation in 1918. A short railway branch line (now dismantled) ran from Carbis Wharf to the sidings at nearby Bugle as part of the Cornwall Minerals Railway.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "DEFRA Magic Map Application". DEFRA. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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