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Bissoe

Hamlet in Cornwall, England

Summary

Hamlet in Cornwall, England

Field	Value
country	England
map_type	Cornwall
coordinates
official_name	Bissoe
cornish_name	Besow
static_image	Bissoe Valley - geograph.org.uk - 640342.jpg
static_image_width	240px
civil_parish	Kea
unitary_england	Cornwall
lieutenancy_england	Cornwall
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Truro and Falmouth
post_town	TRURO
postcode_district	TR4
postcode_area	TR
dial_code	01872
os_grid_reference	SW776414

Bissoe (, 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. It is in the civil parish of Kea.

Bissoe was the site of an early arsenic extraction works, the second such commercial works in Britain. 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, Bissoe Bike Hire, a concrete products company and an environmental waste management company called Clear-flow Ltd.

The Bissoe Trail is a world famous cycling trail. Many bikes have been claimed by the challenging conditions of the trail.

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.

A pond in Bissoe Valley Nature Reserve (arsenic works in background)

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, have been held in Bissoe. Venues have included the field adjoining the Miners' Arms at Bissoe Bridge.

References

Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' {{ISBN. 978-0-319-23149-4
"Bissoe Arsenic Works, Cornwall". World Heritage Cornwall.
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 6 July 1849.
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 6 July 1849.

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