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Helston Castle was a medieval castle thought to be built for Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall in the late 13th-century, in Helston, Cornwall. The castle was ruined by the end of the 15th century, and sat at the bottom of Coinagehall Street , where the bowling green and Grylls Monument are now located.
Helston (Helston → Cornwall → Cornwall → South West England → England → United Kingdom) Camera location 50° 06′ 00.8″ N, 5° 16′ 38″ W
The main street (Coinagehall Street) of Helston, Cornwall, England. The Guildhall (built 1839 and once a Corn Exchange) is flying a flag. Date: Taken September 2017. Source: My own photo, taken with a Panasonic FZ200. Author: Myself (Adrian Pingstone). Permission (Reusing this file)
The Helston Coinage Hall was a Tudor coinage hall in the Cornish town of Helston, created for the purposes of tin coinage out of a 13th century chapel of ease. [1] Its position lay at the southern end of Coinage Hall Street, opposite the Helston Castle. [2] It was demolished by public subscription following the 1796 general election. [3]
Helstone. Helstone (or Helston in Trigg) was in the Middle Ages one of the chief manors of the Hundred of Trigg and perhaps in Celtic times the seat of a chieftain. In the Domesday Book this manor was held by Earl Robert of Mortain: there were 2 hides, land for 15 ploughs; the lord had 4 ploughs & 18 serfs; 20 villagers & 18 smallholders had 8 ploughs; 10 acres (40,000 m 2) of woodland; 6 ...
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Helston (Standard Written Form: Hellys) [1] is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Penzance and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Falmouth. [2]
The Grylls Monument in Helston, Cornwall, is designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building. It is dedicated to Humphry Millet Grylls, a businessman who had kept a local tin mine, Wheal Vor, open through a period of recession, safeguarding 1,200 jobs. The monument was funded by public subscription, and built in 1834.