Leedstown
Coordinates: 50°09′36″N 5°21′18″W / 50.160°N 5.355°W
Leedstown is a village on the B3280 road between Helston and Hayle in the civil parish of Crowan, Cornwall, England.[1] It lies 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-west of Helston and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Hayle at 310 feet (94 m) above sea level.[1] Halfway between the north and south coasts, Leedstown is ideally situated for visiting all of West Cornwall's beautiful beaches.
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Leedstown got its name from the Duke of Leeds, who married the daughter of the St Aubyn family. The village has a primary school, post office/stores a pub and a garage.
The first school, described as ″a large boys school″ was funded by John St Aubyn in, or around 1813 and a girls school was built in the 1840s. A board school was opened June 1879. Designed by Mr W Carah of Crowan the school had two large classrooms[2]
Remains of the former Crenver and Wheal Abraham mines may be seen along the road to Crenver Grove. The former Godolphin Mine is in the woods near Godolphin Hall; copper was mined here before the 17th century.[3] Leedstown is situated in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape which was designated as a World Heritage Site in 2006.
References
- 1 2 "Magic Map Application". Defra. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ "Education at Crowan". The Cornishman (49). 19 June 1879. p. 6.
- ↑ Todd, A. C. & Laws, Peter (1972) The Industrial Archaeology of Cornwall. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; p. 231