Devoran

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::summary Village in south Cornwall, England ::

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Devoran () is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 4 mi southwest of Truro at . Formerly an ecclesiastical parish, Devoran is now in the civil parish of Feock (where the 2011 census population is included).

The village is on the northeast bank of the Carnon River at its confluence with Restronguet Creek, a tidal creek which flows into Carrick Roads above Falmouth. Devoran is at the Normal Tidal Limit (NTL) of the creek

The name Devoran comes from the Cornish language Deveryon, meaning 'waters'.

Mining

Devoran played an important role in the tin and copper mining industry. It developed as a small port engaged in the export of mined minerals and the import of mining materials and coal.{{cite web |url=http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/devoran/CISI_devoran_report.pdf |title=Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative - Devoran |pages=13 |date=December 2002 |publisher=Historic Environment, Cornwall Council |accessdate=8 April 2016}} The Redruth and Chasewater Railway, an early industrial line which served the many mines a few miles to the north, terminated at the port (although there was an extension to wharves at Point on which trains were hauled by horses rather than locomotives). Today, this long-disused railway forms part of a coast-to-coast footpath and cycle route.

A ruined engine house of Carnon Mine is on the bank of the estuary near Devoran. The tin mine was in operation from 1824 to 1830.

Church

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The church of St John and St Petroc (architect John Loughborough Pearson) was built in 1855–56 and consists of a nave and chancel only. It was renovated in 1879. Thomas Lobb, Victorian botanist and plant hunter is buried in Devoran churchyard. The parish war memorial by H J Martin lists seventeen names "in grateful memory of the men of the parish of Devoran who fell in the Great War 1914–1919". A further section of eight names was added of Second World War casualties.

References

References

1. "Cornish Language Partnership : Place names in the SWF".
2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' {{ISBN. 978-0-319-23149-4
3. but until the 20th century the [[tidal limit]] stretched much further up the valley than now.[http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/devoran/CISI_devoran_report.pdf Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative; Devoran]; PDF. Retrieved 8 April 2016
4. [https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/content/devoran-1 Akademi Kernewek place names - Deveryon]
5. [https://explorecornwall.org/carnon-mine/ "Carnon Mine"] ''Explore Cornwall''. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
6. Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 62
7. (16 October 1879). "Devoran". The Cornishman.
8. "Devoran War Memorial Cornwall".

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