Halsetown

**Halsetown**
	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

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

[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.

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Cornwall
Halsetown
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

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