Chacewater

Coordinates: 50°15′25″N 5°09′23″W / 50.2569°N 5.1565°W / 50.2569; -5.1565

Chacewater
Cornish: Dowr an Chas
Chacewater  Chacewater shown within Cornwall
Population	1,517 (Civil Parish, 2001)
OS grid reference	SW751444
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

Chacewater (Cornish: Dowr an Chas) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) east of Redruth^[1].

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.

The village has three pubs and a club, the Chacewater Literary Institute ^[2]. There are also 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^[3], a Cricket Club^[4], a Bowling Club^[5], the Chacewater Old Cornwall Society^[6], the Chacewater Players, the Carnival (held in August), the Blind Club and a Women's Institute. The Kernow Microscopical Society meets in Chacewater.

Economy and transport

Chacewater railway station was opened by the West Cornwall Railway on 25 August 1852 but has long since closed.

There are two Nursery Gardens in Chacewater; Sunny Corner Nurseries and Roseland House Nursery, which holds a National Collection of Clematis viticella cultivars" and of Lapageria rosea, the Chilean Bellflower.

Twelveheads Press, an independent publishing company, is based in Chacewater. It is best known for the Cornish Heritage series but also publishes transport and mining books.

Churches

The Anglican Church^[7][8], 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.^[9] The Methodist Chapel^[10] is closed, pending repairs.

Notable people

Notable people born in Chacewater include Jonathan Hornblower the steam pioneer, Matthew Paul Moyle the meteorologist and geologist, and Andrew Ketcham Barnett Mayor of Penzance and president of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. (See also Category:People from Chacewater.)

Gallery

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  Chacewater Methodist Church

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  Chacewater Literary Institute

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  Roseland Nursery Garden

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  Roseland House

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  "The Rambling Miner"

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  "The King's Head"

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  "The Britannia"

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  Chacewater Village from Chacewater Hill

References

1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494
2. ^ Chacewater Literary Institute was given to the village in 1893 by John Passmore Edwards.
3. ^ Chacewater F.C.
4. ^ Chacewater Cricket Club
5. ^ Chacewater Bowling Club
6. ^ Chacewater Old Cornwall Society
7. ^ "St Paul's Church-History". http://www.chacewater.net/churches/church.htm. 
8. ^ "St Paul's Church - current information". http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=2419. 
9. ^ Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South. London: Collins; pp. 147
10. ^ "Methodist Chapel". http://www.chacewater.net/churches/chapel.htm. 

External links

• "Village website". http://www.chacewater.net/. 
• Chacewater at the Open Directory Project