Bissoe

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Bissoe
Cornish: Besow
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Bissoe is located in Cornwall
Bissoe
Bissoe
 Bissoe shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW776414
Civil parish Kea
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

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Bissoe (Cornish: Besow, meaning birch trees) is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated five miles (8 km) east of Redruth in a former tin mining area.[1]

Bissoe was the site of an early arsenic extraction works, the second such commercial works in Britain.[2] Frederick Hamilton Davey succeeded his father as Works Manager of the Cornwall Arsenic Company's factory at Bissoe in 1902, having acted as his father's assistant for several years.

The name is believed to derive from the Cornish word besow meaning birch trees. Bissoe is the home of a small number of businesses, a cycle hire company, a concrete products company and an environmental waste management company called Clear-flow Ltd.

Bissoe lies on the Coast to Coast Trail long-distance footpath and cycle trail. The trail is 11 miles (17.5 km) long and links the interior of west Cornwall to the harbour of Portreath on the north coast and the former port of Devoran in the south. The trail follows the course of now-disused railways formerly used to carry imported coal and extracted minerals for export. Bissoe Valley Nature Reserve lies to the south of the hamlet.

File:Pond in Bissoe Valley Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 991104.jpg
A pond in Bissoe Valley Nature Reserve (arsenic works in background)

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
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External links

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