Mawnan Smith

Mawnan Smith
Cornish: Mownan an Gov
Mawnan Smith
 Mawnan Smith shown within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW777287
Civil parishMawnan
Unitary authorityCornwall
Ceremonial countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town FALMOUTH
Postcode district TR11
Dialling code 01326
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentFalmouth and Camborne
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Coordinates: 50°07′00″N 5°06′39″W / 50.11666°N 5.11090°W

Mawnan Smith (Cornish: Mownan an Gov) is a village in the civil parish of Mawnan in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles south of Falmouth.[1] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,539.[2]

The parish church of St Mawnan & St Stephen is in Mawnan village (also known as Mawnan Church). A second church, St Michael's, was built in the village of Mawnan Smith in 1876 and there was also a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the village.

The village name may derive from the fact that it once had four working smithies serving the many farms in the parish.[3] By the early 20th century only one remained in business. It was operated by blacksmith Billy James followed by his son Dryden and closed when the latter died in 1994. The Mawnan Anvil Trust has since restored the premises as a working forge and the site now also includes wood-turning, ceramics, and print-making workshops.[4]

Owlman

Mawnan Smith is also home to a number of sightings of the British cryptid, the Owlman.

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ GENUKI; Mawnan; retrieved April 2010
  4. ↑ Mawnan Anvil Trust website; retrieved April 2010
The smithy is restored and open to the public

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