Pensilva
Pensilva (Cornish: Pennsilva)[1] is a village in the civil parish of St Ive and Pensilva, in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at OS grid ref SX291697 about four miles (6 km) northeast of Liskeard.[2] Nearby settlements include Charaton Cross and Middlehill.
The original small settlement grew quickly during the nineteenth century in response to industrial activity on the moorland north and west of the village.[3] There is a Church of England chapel of St John (a chapel-of-ease to St Ive).
The village has one pub, The Victoria Inn, located at the Eastern end of the village and one shop some quarter of a mile to the West of that. The village centre is about a mile from the edge of Bodmin Moor at Caradon Hill on top of which is a large mast for the transmission for TV signals to the area. Caradon hill is heavy with ancient mineshafts and engine houses from the late 1900's wherein various ores of tin, zinc and arsenic were mined. Pensilva is not generally considered a destination for tourists. Nearby Minions has some historical attractions in the form of The Cheesewring, a stone monument at the head of a quarry, and The Hurlers, a set of standing stones. The local pub in Minions, The Cheesewring, burnt down on Christmas Eve 2021.
Millennium House in Pensilva is a community owned social centre built in 1999. Over the years it has waxed and waned in popularity and the incumbent bar has changed from a club to a pub in that time. Currently (as at March 2022), there are negotiations with the YMCA regarding future operations, thus relieving the community of what has become an increasing financial burden that is little used aside from a small exercise centre and the part-time post office which, when open, is accompanied by a small, but relatively popular café. Update: As of July 2022, the YMCA have withdrawn their interest in taking over Millennium House.
References
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ^ Historic Cornwall website. Retrieved April 2010
External links
- Charaton Cross, Cornwall; Explore Britain
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Coordinates: 50°30′12″N 4°24′38″W / 50.50328°N 4.41045°W
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