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| Cornish: Dewdhek Stamp | |
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Twelveheads
Twelveheads shown within Cornwall |
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| OS grid reference | SW760424 |
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| Parish | Chacewater |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TRURO |
| Postcode district | TR4 |
| Dialling code | 01872 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Truro and Falmouth |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Twelveheads (Cornish: Dewdhek Stamp) is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It lies between Truro and Redruth.
Twelveheads has a small Methodist chapel; Billy Bray, the Methodist preacher, was born here. The former village pub and post office are both now private housing.
The name comes from the hamlet's mining history. Sets of stamps (machines used for crushing ore) were once used on the dressing floors in the village. The stamps had a total of twelve 'heads'.
Twelveheads is close to Wheal Busy and the Coast to Coast cycle route. There is also the 'Twelveheads Gate' into the Poldice Valley - the path of the mineral tramway, popular with cyclists, horseriders and walkers. About 500 yards to the south-east, down the Carnon Valley, is the portal of the Great County Adit that once drained all the mines in the locality.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Twelveheads Twelveheads] at Wikimedia Commons
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