- Devoran
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For the drug with trade name Devoran, see Lindane.
Coordinates: 50°12′41″N 5°05′34″W / 50.21144°N 5.09270°W
The quay at Devoran, once a busy mining port
Market Street, DevoranDevoran is a village in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated four miles (6.5km) southwest of Truro at grid reference SW 793 392[1]. Formerly an ecclesiastical parish, Devoran is now in the civil parish of Feock.
The village is on the northeast bank of the Carnon River at its confluence with Restronguet Creek, a tidal creek which flows into Carrick Roads above Falmouth. Devoran is at the Normal Tidal Limit (NTL) of the creek[1] but until the 20th century the tidal limit extended considerably further up the valley than now[2].
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Mining
Devoran played an important role in the tin and copper mining industry. It developed as a small port engaged in the export of mined minerals and the import of mining materials and coal[3]. The Redruth and Chasewater Railway, an early industrial line which served the many mines a few miles to the north, terminated at the port (although there was an extension to wharves at Point on which trains were hauled by horses rather than locomotives). Today, this long-disused railway forms part of a coast-to-coast footpath and cycle route.
Railway
The nearest railway station, Perranwell, is just under a mile from Devoran. It is on the Truro to Falmouth branch line (branded as the 'Maritime Line') which crosses the Carnon valley on the 96 feet (29 m) high Carnon viaduct.
Church
The church of St John and St. Petroc (architect John Loughborough Pearson) was built in 1855-56 and consists of a nave and chancel only.[4] Thomas Lobb, Victorian botanist and plant hunter is buried in Devoran churchyard.
References
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494
- ^ [1] Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative; Devoran; PDF. Retrieved June 2010
- ^ "Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative - Devoran". Historic Environment, Cornwall Council. December 2002. pp. p.13. http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/devoran/CISI_devoran_report.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 62
Further reading
- Acton, Viv Life by the Fal: Years of change at Point and Penpol, Penpol, Landmark Publications (1993) ISBN 1 873 3443 10 2
- Acton, Bob Exploring Cornwall's tramway trails, Volume 2: The coast-to coast trail: Portreath to Devoran and beyond, Penpol, Landmark Publications (1997) ISBN 1 873 3443 28 5
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