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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Sithney

  

Sithney Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sithney

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Sithney history

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Church

In 1230 the church belonged to the Antrenon family who attached to it a charge of 4 shillings yearly to the priory of St Germans. In 1267 it was appropriated to Glasney College; the last rector ceded his benefice to the college in 1270. In the churchyard is a monument to John Oliver, 1741.

Bridges

St. Johns area is included in the parish of Sithney. The bridge across the main road has two dates carved into granite stones; 1833 and 1861 after it was completed.

Hospitals and houses

Truthall was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as having half a hide of land. A leper hospital was founded nearby in the 15th century and dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. Truthall has a derivation from “tre” “Iudhael” (Godual’s farm) Truthall Halt is situated on the Helston Branchline.

You can visit Sithney places with Walkfo Sithney to hear history at Sithney’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sithney has 42 places to visit in our interactive Sithney map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Sithney, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Sithney places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sithney & the surrounding areas.

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42 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Sithney historic spots	Sithney tourist destinations	Sithney plaques	Sithney geographic features
Walkfo Sithney tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Sithney

  

Best Sithney places to visit

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Sithney has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sithney’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sithney’s information audio spots:

Wheal Vor Wheal Vor was a metalliferous mine about 2 miles (3.2 km) north west of Helston and 1.6 km north of Breage in Cornwall. It is considered to be part of the Mount’s Bay mining district. The mine was notable for its willingness to try out new innovations.

Wheal Metal Wheal Metal is a tin-mining sett in west Cornwall, England, UK. It was described by the Mining Journal in July 1885 as the richest tin mine in the world. It also hosts a remarkable engine house of the mid-19th century.

St Breage’s Church, Breage Breage Parish Church is the Anglican parish church of the parish of Breage, Cornwall. It is dedicated to Saint Breaca, said to have been an Irish nun who came to Cornwall in the 5th-century.

Tregonning Hill Tregonning Hill is the westerly of two granite hills overlooking Mount’s Bay in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Plymouth chemist William Cookworthy mixed china stone with kaolin, mined from the hill to make Plymouth porcelain in 1768. Part of the hill is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Trevarno, Cornwall Trevarno is a private country estate in south-west Cornwall, England, UK, near the village of Crowntown, 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Helston. First developed in the 13th century, the estate was owned by a succession of families until 1994 when it was sold for development as a tourist attraction based around its extensive gardens.

Great Work Mine Great Work Mine is notable for its unusual chimney stack with the upper brick-work in two stages. The remaining ruin of the mine sits 400 ft above sea level. The site is owned by the National Trust and forms part of the Godolphin Estate.

Helston Castle Helston Castle was a medieval castle built for Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall in the 13th century. The castle was ruined by the end of the 15th-century, and sat at the bottom of Coinagehall Street.

Penrose, Cornwall Penrose (Cornish: Penros) is a house (in private ownership) and National Trust estate amounting to 1536 acres, east of Porthleven and in the civil parish of Sithney, Cornwall. The estate was owned by the Penrose family for several hundred years before 1771 when it was bought by the Rogers family.

Porthleven F.C. Porthleven Football Club is a Cornish football club. Founded in 1896, the club competed in the South Western League from 1967 to 1977 and again from 1989 until the dissolution of the league in 2007, when they joined the new South West Peninsula League.

Grylls Monument Grylls Monument in Helston, Cornwall, is designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building. It is dedicated to businessman who kept a local tin mine open through recession, safeguarding 1,200 jobs.

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