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The village takes its name from the London Apprentice Inn, which formerly stood at a cross-roads on the St Austell to [[Pentewan]] road. The inn was extant from 1815<ref>http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=021-cf_1-1&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 reference to lease</ref> to 1871<ref name = London>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kayhin/72264.html 1871 census</ref>, and probably longer. |
The village takes its name from the London Apprentice Inn, which formerly stood at a cross-roads on the St Austell to [[Pentewan]] road. The inn was extant from 1815<ref>http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=021-cf_1-1&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 reference to lease</ref> to 1871<ref name = London>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kayhin/72264.html 1871 census</ref>, and probably longer. |
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In 1833 a coalyard was constructed on the [[Pentewan Railway]] near the inn to supply coal to the [[tin]] mines at nearby [[Polgooth]] and the settlement may have arisen around this point. According to census returns<ref name = London/>, most of the villagers were engaged in tin-mining, either |
In 1833 a coalyard was constructed on the [[Pentewan Railway]] near the inn to supply coal to the [[tin]] mines at nearby [[Polgooth]] and the settlement may have arisen around this point. According to census returns<ref name = London/>, most of the villagers were engaged in tin-mining, either in the stream-works of Wheal Virgin, close to London Apprentice, or in Polgooth. The former closed in 1874,<ref>http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/pentewan/CISI_pentewan_report%20.pdf</ref> the latter in the 1920s. |
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The New Mills [[Primitive Methodist]] Church was built in the village in 1870, but closed in 1988, though the building still stands.<ref>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~staustell/Word_Doc/Indx/churches.htm</ref> |
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<ref>http://www.kammneves.co.uk/gallery/index.php?gallery=Chapels%2FLondon+Apprentice+%28New+Mills%29+Primitive+Methodist+Church&lang=ro&lang=en photos</ref> |
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London Apprentice
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ST AUSTELL |
| Postcode district | PL26 |
| Dialling code | 01726 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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London Apprentice (Cornish: Oberden Loundres) is a small village in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. It lies in the civil parish of Pentewan Valley and the ecclesiastical parish of St Austell. The nearest town is St Austell, approximately two miles to the north.
The village takes its name from the London Apprentice Inn, which formerly stood at a cross-roads on the St Austell to Pentewan road. The inn was extant from 1815[1] to 1871[2], and probably longer.
In 1833 a coalyard was constructed on the Pentewan Railway near the inn to supply coal to the tin mines at nearby Polgooth and the settlement may have arisen around this point. According to census returns[2], most of the villagers were engaged in tin-mining, either in the stream-works of Wheal Virgin, close to London Apprentice, or in Polgooth. The former closed in 1874,[3] the latter in the 1920s.
The New Mills Primitive Methodist Church was built in the village in 1870, but closed in 1988, though the building still stands.[4] [5] [6]
References
- ^ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=021-cf_1-1&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 reference to lease
- ^ a b http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kayhin/72264.html 1871 census
- ^ http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/pentewan/CISI_pentewan_report%20.pdf
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~staustell/Word_Doc/Indx/churches.htm
- ^ http://www.kammneves.co.uk/gallery/index.php?gallery=Chapels%2FLondon+Apprentice+%28New+Mills%29+Primitive+Methodist+Church&lang=ro&lang=en photos
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/113215 photo
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