Camborne

"CAMBORNE, a parish and market town in the hundred of Penwith, in the county of Cornwall, 4 miles to the W. of Redruth, and 266 miles from London by road, or 315 miles by the Great Western, Cornwall and West Cornwall railways, on the latter of which it is a station. The parish lies near the sea-coast, in the centre of an important mining district, and contains the populous districts of Tuckingmill, Treslothan, and Penponds. Granite and slate are the principal rocks in the neighbourhood. The mines of copper and tin are in a range of granite hills, extending westward from Redruth to Crowan. Dolcoath was formerly a copper-mine, but it is now worked for tin, of which rich lodes are found underneath the copper. It is about 2 miles to the W. of the lofty Carnbrea Down, and is sunk to the depth of above 2,000 feet. The various passages of this mine extend above a mile in length, and 2,000 persons are employed in working it. Of the other mines, which have been long worked and are of great depth, may be mentioned the East Wheal Croft, Cook's Kitchen, Wheal Gons, and Great Wheal Prosper-the last being a tin-mine and also yielding china-clay. The town, which has 14,000 inhabitants, contains some good houses, and has a neat appearance. Scattered over the parish are many cottages of the miners, and the residences of the owners, and directors of the works. There is a market-house, built by Lord de Dunstanville. Petty sessions are held regularly in the town. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Exeter, of the annual value of £600, in the gift of J. F. Bassett, Esq. The church is a fine old granite edifice in the perpendicular style, dedicated to St. Martin, and has been recently restored. It contains a sculptured altar-piece of marble, a carved oak pulpit, and several monuments of the Pendarves family. The Norman font, which was some time since removed to Tehidy, the seat of the Bassetts, has been replaced by a handsome one of Cornish granite and serpentine. In addition to the mother church there are three district churches, situated respectively at Tuckingmill, Treslothan, and Penponds; the livings are all perpetual curacies, value from £130 to £200, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately. There are also chapels belonging to the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, Roman Catholics, Bible Christians, and others, and a free school for 20 children, founded and endowed by Grace Percival in 1763, the income of which is £21 per annum. The parochial charities, including another bequest for a school, amount to £70 a year. The principal seats in the neighbourhood are Tehidy, Rosewarne, Mendarva (the residence of the Bassetts), and Rudarnes. In the parish are a holy well and a cromlech. Richard Trevithick, the engineer, inventor of the locomotive steam-engine and various machines, was a native of Camborne. Saturday is the market day. Fairs for cattle are held on the 7th March, Whit Tuesday, the 29th June, and the 11th November."

"ROSKEAR, extensive tin and copper mines in the parish of Tuckingmill, hundred of Penwith, county Cornwall, 2 miles from Camborne, and 12 S.W. of Truro. They are situated near the Redruth railway, and employ over 800 hands."

"TRESLOTHAN, an ecclesiastical district in the parish of Camborne, county Cornwall, 10 miles S.W. of Truro. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Exeter, value £140."

"TUCKINGMILL, an ecclesiastical district in the parish of Camborne, hundred of Penwith, county Cornwall, 10 miles S.W. of Truro."