Balwest
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Coordinates: 50°07′15″N 5°21′56″W / 50.12082°N 5.36551°W
| Balwest | |
 Balwest's former Methodist chapel, a Grade II listed building |
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  Balwest Balwest shown within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW594298 |
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| Shire county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | TR |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | St Ives (UK Parliament constituency) |
Balwest (Cornish: Bal West, meaning Western mine) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Germoe[1] in west Cornwall, 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
- ↑ Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved May 2010
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- ↑ GENUKI website: Germoe. Retrieved May 2010
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