Mithian
| Mithian Cornish: Mydhyan | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 Mithian parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SW745506 |
| Location: | 50°18’44"N, 5°10’3"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | TR5 & TR4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Truro & Falmouth |
Mithian is a village in Cornwall about six miles northeast of Redruth and a mile east of the county's craggy north coast at St Agnes.
The population of the village was 510 in the 2001 census. The village has a primary school, Mithian School, west of the village at Barkla Shop[1] and a pub, The Miner's Arms, in the village centre.[2][3]
History
By 1824 the main villages, aside from St Agnes, in the St Agnes Parish were Mithian, Stenclose (Stencoose), and Malow (Mawla).[4]
Church history
Mithian ecclesiastical parish was created in 1846 from parts of St Agnes, Kea, Perranzabuloe and Kenwyn parishes; previously the village had been enumerated as part of St Agnes and Kenwyn parishes. When created, Mithian parish included the village of Blackwater and so the parish church is over two miles from Mithian. The church, built in 1861, was dedicated to St Peter and rather remotely located north of Chiverton Cross (at SW746471).
The architect was William White. The original spire and tower became unsafe and were taken down in 1898; a replacement tower with no spire was built in 1928.[5]
The church faced closure in 2008[6] and a planning application was lodged with Cornwall Council to convert the building to residential use. In a local report the Reverend Alan Bashforth said: "The last service took place on Christmas Eve 2006 and although a small but loyal group tried to keep it going, building work costs in the region of £800,000 meant that was not possible. It was not an easy choice to close the church."[7]
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Tower at St Peter's Mithian -
The South entrance of the church -
Showing the window in the east end of the church
Transport links
When the first section of the Truro and Newquay Railway was opened in 1903, it passed south of the village. In 1905, extra stations were provided along the line as halts including Mithian Halt railway station.[8] The line closed in February 1963, the first Cornish railway to close under the Beeching axe.[9]
Public house
The Miners Arms Public House was constructed in the 17th century and stands in the centre of the village. It saw additions and renovations in the following two centuries. The building exterior is made of granite, killas rubble, brick and elvan. It is roofed in Delabole slate.[2][3][10]
Pictures
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Bridge over the old railway -
The Miner's Arms
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Mithian) |
References
- ↑ Mithian School
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Place ID 26961 Information Britain. Retrieved April 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Miners Arms, Mithian: Beer In The Evening
- ↑ Samuel Drew. The History of Cornwall: From the Earlist Records and Traditions, to the Present Time. W. Penaluna; 1824 [cited 23 September 2012]. p. 18.
- ↑ Information on Mithian from GENUKI
- ↑ "Save Our Churches - Dozens of Historic Buildings to be made redundant." Daily Telegraph; 24 May 2008
- ↑ "Pensioner Offers Help - Church Reopened." South West Business.
- ↑ John Vaughan, The Newquay Branch, Oxford Publishing, 1991, ISBN 0-86093-470-5
- ↑ Lewis Reade, Branch Line Memories; Vol.1. Atlantic Publishers, 1983, ISBN 0-906899-06-0
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 1487398 – Miners Arms Public House