Leedstown
| Leedstown | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 Leedstown | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SW604343 |
| Location: | 50°9’36"N, 5°21’18"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hayle |
| Postcode: | TR27 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
St Ives |
Leedstown is a village on the B3280 road between Helston and Hayle in the civil parish of Crowan in western Cornwall. It is to be found inland, five and a half miles north-west of Helston and three miles south-east of Hayle. Thus placed halfway between the north and south coasts, Leedstown provides no beachfront locations to attract holidaymakers but perhaps a central point to many western beaches.
Leedstown takes 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[1]
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.[2] Leedstown is situated in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape which was designated as a World Heritage Site in 2006.