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'''London Apprentice''' ({{lang-kw|Oberden Loundres}}) is a village in south [[Cornwall]], England, UK, on the banks of [[St Austell River]] in the [[Pentewan Valley]] (where the population of the 2011 census was included.) approximately two miles (3&nbsp;km) south of [[St Austell]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-22938-5}}</ref>
'''London Apprentice''' ({{lang-kw|Oberden Loundres}}) is a village in south [[Cornwall]], England, UK, on the banks of [[St Austell River]] in the [[Pentewan Valley]] (where the population of the 2011 census was included.) approximately two miles (3&nbsp;km) south of [[St Austell]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-22938-5}}</ref>


The village is in the [[civil parish]] of Pentewan Valley and the [[parish|ecclesiastical parish]] of St Austell. It was named after the London Apprentice Inn, which formerly stood on the St Austell to [[Pentewan]] road. The inn traded from 1815 to 1871 and probably longer.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=021-cf_1-1&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1] Reference to lease</ref><ref name="London">[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kayhin/72264.html] 1871 census</ref>
The village is in the [[civil parish]] of Pentewan Valley and the [[parish|ecclesiastical parish]] of St Austell. It was named after the London Apprentice Inn, which formerly stood on the St Austell to [[Pentewan]] road. The inn traded from 1815 to 1871 and probably longer.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=021-cf_1-1&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1] Reference to lease</ref><ref name = London>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kayhin/72264.html] 1871 census</ref>


==Tin-mining==
==Tin-mining==

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London Apprentice
New Mills Primitive Methodist Church
London Apprentice is located in Cornwall
London Apprentice
London Apprentice
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX006502
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townST AUSTELL
Postcode districtPL26
Dialling code01726
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
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UK
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50°19′04″N 4°48′00″W / 50.3178°N 4.8001°W / 50.3178; -4.8001

London Apprentice (Template:Lang-kw) is a village in south Cornwall, England, UK, on the banks of St Austell River in the Pentewan Valley (where the population of the 2011 census was included.) approximately two miles (3 km) south of St Austell.[1]

The village is in the civil parish of Pentewan Valley and the ecclesiastical parish of St Austell. It was named after the London Apprentice Inn, which formerly stood on the St Austell to Pentewan road. The inn traded from 1815 to 1871 and probably longer.[2][3]

Tin-mining

In 1833, a coalyard was constructed on the Pentewan Railway situated near the inn to supply coal to the tin mines at nearby Polgooth and the settlement may have arisen around this point. According to nineteenth-century census returns,[3] most of the villagers were engaged in tin-mining, either in the stream-works of Wheal Virgin, close to London Apprentice, or in Polgooth. The Wheal Virgin works closed in 1874,[4] and the Polgooth mine by 1900. The New Mills Primitive Methodist church was built in 1870 and closed in 1988, though the building still stands.[5]

The village today

The bridge over the St Austell River at Kings Wood

Today, the village (which retains a shop and a restaurant) caters mainly for tourists. The route of the narrow gauge railway from St Austell to Pentewan is now a footpath and cycle path, known as the Pentewan Trail.[6] Kings Wood, a remnant of ancient woodland, owned by the Woodland Trust, lies to the south of the village.[7]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  2. ^ [1] Reference to lease
  3. ^ a b [2] 1871 census
  4. ^ [3] Historic Cornwall
  5. ^ [4]
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Claytrails
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Woodland Trust
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