In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chyandour like this:

CHYANDOUR, a suburb of Penzance, in Cornwall. It lies NE of the town, on the Chyandour brook, a muddy streamlet descending from the Ding-Dong tin mine.

Chyandour through time

Chyandour is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chyandour itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chyandour in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26283

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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