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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 ]
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 ...
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.
Godolphin House is a listed building, recorded at the highest designation, Grade I. [8] Three other structures on the estate, the stables, [9] the forecourt walls, [10] and a blowing house used for the smelting of tin are also listed at Grade I. [11] A number of buildings on the wider estate have Grade II listings: two sets of gates and gatepiers on the drive to the house, [12] [13] and some ...
Although Helston is an important town, most of the intermediate area was dedicated to agriculture, with sparse population, and the terminus at Helston was some distance from the seaside. The main line at Gwinear Road gave direct access to London and the rest of England, on the route that is now known as the Cornish Main Line.
It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston. [ 1 ] Lizard Point is the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain at 49° 57' 30" N. [ 2 ] With the exception of parts of the Isles of Scilly , it is the southernmost part of England and the ...
Helston, sometimes known as Helleston, [1] was a parliamentary borough centred on the small town of Helston in Cornwall.. Using the block vote system of election, it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until the 1832 general election.
The facility, which was designed and built by E. H. Winn as a lasting memorial to soldiers who died in the First World War, was opened as the Helston Cottage Hospital on 21 May 1923. [1] After joining the National Health Service in 1948, it became Helston Community Hospital in 2008. [2]