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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Carnmenellis like this:
CARNMENELLIS, or Carn-Menelez, a chapelry in Wendron parish, Cornwall; on the river Kennal, near the Cornwall railway, 3 miles S of Redruth. It was constituted in 1846. Post Town, Redruth. Pop., 3,094. Houses, 589. Carn-Menelez hill here is 822 feet high. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £184.* Patron, Mrs. Broadley.
Carnmenellis is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Carnmenellis itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Carnmenellis in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24480
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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