We could not match "GWENNAP" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 16 possible matches we have found for you:
- If you meant to type something else:
- If you typed a postcode, it needs to be a full
postcode: some letters, then some numbers, then more letters.
Old-style postal districts like "SE3" are not precise enough
(if you know the location but do not have a precise postcode or placename,
see below):
- If you are looking for a place-name, it needs to be
the name of a town or village, or possibly a district within a town.
We do not know about individual streets or buildings, unless they
give their names to a larger area (though you might try our
collections of Historical Gazetteers and
British travel writing).
Do not include the name of a county, region or
nation with the place-name: if we know of more than one place
in Britain with the same name, you get to choose the right one
from a list or map:
-
You have just searched a list of the main towns, villages
and localities of Britain which we have kept as simple as possible.
It is based on a much more detailed list of
legally defined administrative units: counties, districts, parishes,
wapentakes and so on.
This is the real heart of our system, and you may be better off
directly searching it.
There are no units called "GWENNAP"
(excluding any that have already been grouped into the places you
have already searched), but administrative unit searches can be
narrowed by area and type, and broadened using wild cards and
"sound-alike" matching:
-
If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ...
or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need
to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers.
This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the
late 19th century over 90,000 entries.
Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for
placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those
already linked to "places"), the following
entries mention "GWENNAP":
Place name County Entry Source CARN-MARTH Cornwall Gwennap-pit, was the scene of Wesley's famous preaching to the miners; and is still used, by the Wesleyans Imperial CONSOLS Cornwall CONSOLS , copper mines near Gwennap, in Cornwall. They are about 300 fathoms deep; and they employ about 1, 000 men. Imperial DAY (St.) Cornwall Gwennap parish, Cornwall. The village stands on an eminence, near Scorrier-Gate r. station, and 2¼ miles E by N of Redruth Imperial EXETER Cornwall
DevonGwennap, Helston, St. Keverne, Manaccon, Mullion, Mylor, Sithney, St. Stithians, and Wendron; and the p. curacies of Cury, Germoe, Gunwallo Imperial Frogpool Cornwall Frogpool , vil., Gwennap par., W. Cornwall. Bartholomew Gwennap Cornwall Gwennap , par. and vil., W. Cornwall, 3 miles SE. of Redruth, 6630 ac., pop. 6209; P.O.; has the most productive Bartholomew GWENNAP Cornwall GWENNAP , a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Redruth district, Cornwall. The village stands 3 miles ESE of Redruth Imperial Hicks Mill Cornwall Hicks Mill , hamlet, Gwennap par., W. Cornwall, near Redruth. Bartholomew KEA, or St. KEA Cornwall Gwennap; and contains parts of the chapelries of Baldhu, Chacewater, and Mithian. Post town, Truro. Real property, £7, 158; of which Imperial Lannarth Cornwall eccl. dist. and vil., Gwennap par., Cornwall - dist., pop. 1813; vil., 1½ mile SE. of Redruth; P.O., called Lanner . Bartholomew LANNARTH, or LANNER Cornwall Gwennap parish, Cornwall. The village stands 1¾ mile SE of Redruth r. station; and has a post-office, of the name Imperial Portreath Cornwall copper ore from the Gwennap mines, of which it is the port, and with which it is connected by tram railway. Bartholomew PORTREATH Cornwall connected by a tram railway with the Gwennap mines; exports copper ore to Swansea; and ranks as a chapelry, united to Illogan. Imperial REDRUTH Cornwall Gwennap, containing the parishes of Gwennap and St. Stithians; and the sub-district of Phillack, containing the parishes of Phillack Imperial St Day Cornwall Gwennap par., Cornwall - dist., pop. 2342; vil., on an eminence, 2 miles E. of Redruth; P.O., T.O.; is situated in the centre Bartholomew WHEAL Cornwall
DevonGwennap; another W.-Fortescue, near Tavistock; W.-Francis, near Camborne; W.-Friendship, near Gwennap; another W.-Friendship, on Dartmoor; W.-Gorland Imperial
- Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.
- If you know where you are interested in, but don't know the place-name, go to our historical mapping, and zoom in on the area you are interested in. Click on the "Information" icon, and your mouse pointer should change into a question mark: click again on the location you are interested in. This will take you to a page for that location, with links to both administrative units, modern and historical, which cover it, and to places which were nearby. For example, if you know where an ancestor lived, Vision of Britain can tell you the parish and Registration District it was in, helping you locate your ancestor's birth, marriage or death.