Halsetown

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Halsetown
Cornwall

St John's in the Fields Church
Location
Grid reference: SW507386
Location: 50°11’42"N, 5°29’38"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Cornwall
Parliamentary
constituency:
St Ives

Halsetown is a village near St Ives in Cornwall.

Halsetown is an industrial village planned by the solicitor and politician James Halse and built in the 1830s. There was a tin mine nearby and also a ropeworks.[1] The ecclesiastical parish was created in 1846 and the parish church (1857) was dedicated to St John the Evangelist.[2] A mission chapel was opened on 6 November 1878 because the parish church was too far for parishioners to attend.[3]

References

  1. Todd, A. C. & Laws, Peter (1972) The Industrial Archaeology of Cornwall. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; p. 223
  2. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 107
  3. "Opening of a Mission Chapel at Halsetown". The Cornishman (17): p. 5. 14 November 1878.