Stencoose () is a village in
Cornwall
Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
, England, United Kingdom, in the parish of
St Agnes. It is located north of
Redruth
Redruth ( , ) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. According to the 2011 census, the population of Redruth was 14,018 In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, ...
, near the village of
Mawla
''Mawlā'' (, plural ''mawālī'' ), is a polysemous Arabic word, whose meaning varied in different periods and contexts.A.J. Wensinck, Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd ed, Brill. "Mawlā", vol. 6, p. 874.
Before the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the te ...
.
History
The Haweis family owned a forty or fifty acre estate in the village for many years.
By 1824 the main villages, aside from St Agnes, in the St Agnes Parish were
Mithian
Mithian () is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles (9.6 km) northeast of Redruth and a mile east of St Agnes.
Mithian is in the administrative civil parish of St Agnes (which was in the former Carrick Dist ...
, Stenclose (Stencoose), and Malow (
Mawla
''Mawlā'' (, plural ''mawālī'' ), is a polysemous Arabic word, whose meaning varied in different periods and contexts.A.J. Wensinck, Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd ed, Brill. "Mawlā", vol. 6, p. 874.
Before the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the te ...
).
[Samuel Drew. ]
The History of Cornwall: From the Earlist Records and Traditions, to the Present Time
'. W. Penaluna; 1824 ited 23 September 2012 p. 18.
Stencoose underwent archaeological exploration in 1996.
Mining
Nearly a mile east of Stencoose is
Wheal Concord, a tin mine.
The Stencoose and Mawla United Mine was worked 1860–62.
References
Villages in Cornwall
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