Trevemper (, meaning ''farmstead at the confluence'') is a hamlet to the south of

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, United Kingdom, on the west bank of the

River Gannel The River Gannel (, meaning '' lovage river'') rises in the village of Indian Queens in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It flows north under Trevemper Bridge and becomes a tidal estuary, the Gannel (, meaning ''the Channel''), that divi ...

at the rivers

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. Coal was shipped from

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to the River Gannel and unloaded at Trevemper and Penpol Creek during the 18th century, and transported to the

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Truro Truro (; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, s ...

. Trevemper Bridge crosses the River Gannel, and was built in the early 19th century to replace the old

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bridge, first mentioned in 1613, which may date back to the 16th century.

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have registered the bridge as a

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building and an

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. Two arches were washed away by storm-water in 1839 and the bridge was consequently repaired with only one arch. It was closed to traffic in 1939 after a larger bridge had been built nearby in 1925, which carries the A3075 Trevemper to

Chiverton Cross Chiverton Cross was a road junction in west Cornwall, England, four miles (6 kilometres) north-east of Redruth and five miles (8 km) west of Truro at . Its name derives from Chyverton House which is in the extreme east of the parish of P ...

, Blackwater. Nearby is another ancient monument, Trevemper Mill.

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