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Mawnan Smith

Village in Cornwall, England

Mawnan Smith
Summary

Village in Cornwall, England

FieldValue
official_nameMawnan Smith
cornish_nameGovel Vaunan
map_typeCornwall
countryEngland
regionSouth West England
unitary_englandCornwall
lieutenancy_englandCornwall
population1020
population_ref(2019 estimate)
area_total_km20.5275
os_grid_referenceSW777287
coordinates
post_townFALMOUTH
postcode_areaTR
postcode_districtTR11
dial_code01326
constituency_westminsterFalmouth and Camborne
civil_parishMawnan

Mawnan Smith () is a village in the civil parish of Mawnan in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles south of Falmouth. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 1020.

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. 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 has since restored the smithy as a working forge with a resident artist blacksmith and the site now also includes a silversmith, sign writer and carpenter.

Owlman

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

References

The smithy is restored and open to the public

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' {{ISBN. 978-0-319-23149-4
  2. "Mawnan Smith". City Population De.
  3. "Mawnan". GENUKI.
  4. "The Old Smithy and Craft workshops Mawnan Smith". Mawnansmith.org.
  5. "SAW Forge". SAW Forge.
  6. "Jeweller Silversmith". Abigail Brown.
  7. "Traditional hand painted and gold leaf signs from Cornwall". Signs of good taste.
  8. "Joinery and Furniture by Peter Steele". O-a-k.co.uk.
  9. Jonathan Downes, "The Owl Man", rpr. at [http://www.s8int.com/eyewit11.html ''Eyewitness Accounts -Mothman, Owlman and the Pterosaur''] {{webarchive. link. (August 19, 2015)
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