Mawnan Smith

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Mawnan Smith
Cornish: Mownan an Gov
Mawnan Smith is located in Cornwall
Mawnan Smith
Mawnan Smith
 Mawnan Smith shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW777287
Civil 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
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England
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Mawnan Smith (Cornish: Mownan an Gov) is a village in the civil parish of Mawnan in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles south of Falmouth.[1] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,539.[2]

The parish church of St Mawnan and 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.[3] 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[4] has since restored the smithy as a working forge with a resident Artist Blacksmith[5] and the site now also includes a Silversmith,[6] Sign Writer[7] and Carpenter.[8]

Owlman

Mawnan Smith is also home to a number of sightings of the British cryptid, the Owlman.[citation needed]

References

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The smithy is restored and open to the public
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  2. [1][dead link]
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