Coordinates: 50°15′26″N 5°09′36″W / 50.2571°N 5.1601°W
| Chacewater | |
.png)  Chacewater
Chacewater shown within Cornwall |
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| Parish | Chacewater |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TRURO |
| Dialling code | 01872 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Truro and St Austell |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Chacewater is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom: it lies between Truro and Redruth.
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Village
Chacewater sits in a valley between hills separating it from Threemilestone, Scorrier and St Day close to Wheal Busy and the Poldice Valley and the Coast to Coast cycle route[1].
The village has three pubs, a health centre, a primary school, a village hall and small selection of shops. A free monthly magazine What's on in Chacewater reached its 200th issue in July 2007. It lists events and activities, such as the Football Club[2], a Cricket Club[3], a Bowling Club[4], the Chacewater Old Cornwall Society[5], the Chacewater Players, the Carnival (held in August), the Blind Club and a Women's Institute. The Kernow Microscopical Society meets in Chacewater.
Chacewater railway station was opened by the West Cornwall Railway on 25 August 1852 but has long since closed.
Jonathan Hornblower, the steam pioneer, was born here, as were Matthew Paul Moyle, the meteorologist and geologist, and Andrew Ketcham Barnett, Mayor of Penzance and president of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall.
Churches
The Anglican Church[6] [7], is dedicated to St. Paul. The church was built in 1828 and rebuilt (apart from the tower) in 1892 by Edmund H. Sedding. The stonework is partly of granite and partly of Polyphant stone: the interior is lofty and the walls unplastered.[8] The Methodist Chapel[9] is closed, pending repairs.
Nursery gardens, public houses and clubs
- Nursery gardens
There are two Nursery Gardens, Sunny Corner Nurseries [10] and Roseland House Nursery][11], which holds a National Collection of Clematis viticella cultivars" and of Lapageria rosea, the Chilean Bellflower.
- Public houses
There are three public houses and a club, the Chacewater Literary Institute.
- Gallery
 thumb|Chacewater Literary Institute |
 Roseland Nursery Garden |
 Roseland House |
 Chilean Bell Flower |
 Bougainvilleas |
 "The Rambling Miner" |
 "The King's Head" |
 "The Britannia" |
See also
References
- ^ Coast to Coast cycle route<
- ^ Chacewater F.C.
- ^ Chacewater Cricket Club
- ^ Chacewater Bowling Club
- ^ Chacewater Old Cornwall Society
- ^ "St Paul's Church-History". http://www.chacewater.net/churches/church.htm.
- ^ "St Paul's Church - current information". http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=2419.
- ^ Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South. London: Collins; pp. 147
- ^ "Methodist Chapel". http://www.chacewater.net/churches/chapel.htm.
- ^ Sunny Corner Nurseries
- ^ Roseland House Nursery
External links
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- "Village website". http://www.chacewater.net/.
- "www.chacewater.net/history.htm Historical information". http://www.chacewater.net/history/index.htm www.chacewater.net/history.htm.
- "Industrial history of Chacewater". http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/chacewater/chacewater.htm.
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