Carnebone

Carnebone (Cornish: Karn Ebwynn, meaning Ebwyn's rock-pile) is a small hamlet and farm in the parish of Wendron (where the 2011 census population is included) in Cornwall, England.[1] It lies to the east of Wendron, to the northeast of Trevenen, just to the west of Seworgan, along the A394 road, 3.8 miles (6.1 km) northeast of Helston.[2]

Little Carnebone
Track leading to Carneborne

History

Carnebone was documented in 1298 as Carnebwen.[3] It has also been spelled "Carnbane" in some sources.[4] Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges believe that the name of a prominent Cornish family named "Kneebone" derived from Carnebone and that the name was altered "by folk etymology".[5]

The area has long been associated with tin mining.[6][7] In the 1600s nearby Seworgan was known to contain a blowing-house as early as 1649.[6] Carnebone & Fatwork United tin mining operated from 1853-6 before it was merged.[7] Carnebone and nearby Tregonebris were documented selling tin in 1856 for £76.[8] Tin mining continued and the engine house of East Wheal Lovell produced some 2,405 tons between 1859 and 1891.[9] Carnebone Moor is in the vicinity,[10] and the hamlet contains the Carnebone Cottage.[11]

See also

References
  1. Area Book and Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of ... Ordnance Survey, Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1878. p. 73.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23289-7.
  3. Deacon, Bernard (June 2004). The Cornish Family: The Roots of Our Future. Cornwall Editions Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-904880-01-1.
  4. Pounds, Norman John Greville (1982). The Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall: Austell Prior-Saltash. Society. p. 47.
  5. Hey, David (22 June 2006). Family Names and Family History. Continuum. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-85285-550-5.
  6. Barton, Denys Bradford (1971). Essays in Cornish mining history. Barton. p. 79.
  7. Barton, Denys Bradford (March 1967). A history of tin mining and smelting in Cornwall. Barton. p. 109.
  8. Observations on the West of England Mining Region: Being an Account of the Mineral Deposits and Economic Geology of the Region, and Forming Vol. XIV of the Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Joseph Henry Collins. 1912. p. 592.
  9. Todd, Arthur Cecil; Laws, Peter (13 July 1972). The industrial archaeology of Cornwall. David and Charles. p. 265.
  10. Hoskins, William George; Stamp, Laurence Dudley (1963). The common lands of England & Wales. Collins. p. 258.
  11. The Folk Directory. English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1979. p. 49.

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