Connor Downs (Cornish: Goongoner) is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian. It is situated approximately two miles (3 km) east of Hayle and about two miles south-southeast of Gwithian churchtown. The name "Connor" was originally the name of Connerton, the medieval manor of the parish of Gwithian.
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Gwinear is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, in the Cornwall district, in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is about two miles east of Hayle and overlooks the Angarrack valley. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1234. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form "Gwinear Gwithian".
Gwinear village sits on a hill with expansive views from the northern end of the village down the Angarrack valley. There is a local pub, the Royal Standard, and a community hall. Gwinear is the church town of Gwinear-Gwithian civil parish.
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St Gwinear's Church, Gwinear is a Grade I listed church in the Church of England in Gwinear, Cornwall.
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Nancemellin is a hamlet in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England.
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Roseworthy is a hamlet on the A30 trunk road in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian in Cornwall, England, UK.
Roseworthy Barton is a farm half a mile south of Roseworthy.
At Roseworthy there was once a holy well and chapel of Saint Winierus, which was also the site of the most splendid Celtic cross of Cornwall.
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Wheal Alfred is the site of a former copper and lead mine and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest in west Cornwall, England, UK. The mine is located 1 mile east of the town of Hayle and is also a Geological Conservation Review site. The mine is famous to geologists for its important mineral specimens such as mimetite and pyromorphite.
The village straddles the old course of the A30 road but has now been bypassed and the new road passes to the north. Facilities include a school (Connor Downs Primary School),a spar petrol station, a pub, a Sunday school and a garage.