Polgooth

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Polgooth (Cornish: Pollgoedh meaning "Goose Pond") is a former tin mining community near to the town of St Austell in Cornwall, England, UK.

The geologist John Arthur Phillips FRS was born here.[1]

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  1. ^ Bonney, T. G. (1895). Phillips, John Arthur (1822–1887), geologist, by T. G. Bonney, Published 1895 (HTML). Dictionary of National Biography Vol. XXXXV. Smith, Elder & Co.. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.

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Polgooth is a historically important settlement which has mined and traded tin and copper since the time of the Phoenician empire.

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