Polgooth

Polgooth

Polgooth (Cornish: "Pollgoedh" meaning "Goose Pond") is a former tin mining community near to the town of St Austell in Cornwall, England, UK.

The geologist John Arthur Phillips FRS was born here.cite web | last = Bonney | first = T. G. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Phillips, John Arthur (1822–1887), geologist, by T. G. Bonney, Published 1895 | work = Dictionary of National Biography Vol. XXXXV | publisher =Smith, Elder & Co. | year = 1895 | url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/olddnb/22164 | format = HTML | doi = | accessdate = 2008-02-03]

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* [http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/polgooth/polgooth.htm Historic Cornwall article on Polgooth]

Polgooth is a historically important settlement which has mined and traded tin and copper since the time of the Phoenician empire.


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