- Mawnan Smith
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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 
Mawnan Smith
Mawnan Smith shown within CornwallOS grid reference SW777287 Parish Mawnan Unitary authority Cornwall Ceremonial county Cornwall Region South West Country England Sovereign state United 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 Parliament Falmouth and Camborne List of places: UK • England • Cornwall 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 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[2]. 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[3].
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494
- ^ GENUKI; Mawnan; retrieved April 2010
- ^ Mawnan Anvil Trust website; retrieved April 2010
The smithy is restored and open to the public
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