Prospidnick

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Prospidnick is located in Cornwall
Prospidnick
Prospidnick
 Prospidnick shown within Cornwall
Civil parish Sithney
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
List of places
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Prospidnick is a small village and hill in the parish of Sithney in Cornwall, United Kingdom.[1][2][3] It lies 0.6 miles east of Crowntown and 2.6 miles west of Wendron by road. It is divided into Lower Prospidnick and Higher Prospidnick.[4]

History

Various spelling have been documented including Prospynneck, 1577; Prospynnecke, 1606; Prispynneck, Pryspinneck, c.1625; Prespynick, 1636; Prispidnick, 1665; Prospinnick, 1841, 1842; Prospidneck, 1884; and Prospidnick since 1996.[5] Historically, it was known for its granite lulls[clarification needed]; and the Propidnick Wheal Mine and quarry operated in the area.[6][7] In 1916, the Prospidnick Mining Company was reportedly interested in mining in Nancegollan.[8]

Geography

Along with Prospidnick, there are several other villages in Sithney parish; these include Guavas, Mellangoose, Higher and Lower Prospidnick, Tregoose, Trevarnoe, and Truthal.[9][10] The region is characterized by rock, granite,[11] wolfram and tinstone.[12] The easternmost of the two great granitic tracts in West Cornwall extends from Prospidnick and Nancegollan in the west to Ponsanooth and Budock to the east, and from near Polwheveral in the south to Wheal Butter to the north.[13]


Notable landmarks

Prospidnick Manor once belonged to the Arundells, then Christopher Wallis and in 1872 was reported to be in the property of his representative C W Popham.[14] The Prospidnick Long Stone is a 3 metres (9.8 ft) high standing stone, a large granite menhir, on Longstone Down, 660 metres (2,170 ft) northeast of Prospidnick Hill.[15] There is also logan stone (the Men Amber) and an overgrown cromlech.[16] The Cornish Heart Unit Fund has a building in the village. To the southwest there is a church called Chynhale Methodist Chapel. Some of the buildings in Prospidnick are cottages dated to the 18th-century with thatched roofs.


References

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