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They lie some 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the north-west of, and about 250 ft (76 m) above, the fishing village of Mevagissey. The gardens are 6 mi (9.7 km) by road from the town and railway station of St Austell and are principally in the civil parish of St Ewe, although elements of the eastern gardens are in Mevagissey parish. [3]
The inner harbour at Mevagissey was created after an act of Parliament authorised the construction of a pier in 1775. By the 1850s there were about 80 fishing boats in the village and small cargo vessels also called at the harbour such as the French schooner Rochellaise which ran aground near the
Heligan House. The Heligan estate (/ h ɛ ˈ l ɪ ɡ ən /; Cornish: Helygen, meaning willow tree) was the ancestral home of the Tremayne family near Mevagissey in Cornwall, England. . Purchased by Sampson Tremayne in 1569, the present house was built in 1692 and extended in the early 19th centu
Mevagissey (/ ˌ m ɛ v ə ˈ ɡ ɪ z i /; Cornish: Lannvorek) is a village, fishing port and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. [1] The village is approximately five miles (8 km) south of St Austell. [2] The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,015, [3] whereas the ward population at the same census was 4,354. [4]
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The Miami Valley is the land area surrounding the Great Miami River in southwest Ohio, USA, and includes the Little Miami, Mad, and Stillwater rivers as well. Geographically, it includes Dayton, Springfield, Middletown, Hamilton, and other communities. The name is derived from the Miami Indians. [1]