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Menadarva

Menadarva is a hamlet in the parish of Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK. The Red River flows through the hamlet and on 9 March 1885 the machinery and materials of the Menadarva Lower Tin-Stream was put up for auction.

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Menadarva
The bridge over the Red River at Menadarva
Menadarva
Location within Cornwall
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Menadarva (Cornish: Mertherderwa, meaning grave of St Derwa) is a hamlet in the parish of Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK.12 The Red River flows through the hamlet and on 9 March 1885 the machinery and materials of the Menadarva Lower Tin-Stream was put up for auction.3

The Norman font of the church of All Saints' Church, Tuckingmill came from the medieval chapel of St Derwa at Menadarva.45

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  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (St Ives & Lizard Point) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23289-7.
  2. Menadarva; Explore Britain
  3. "Valuable Tin-stream for sale". The Cornishman. No. 346. 5 March 1885. p. 1.
  4. Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 236
  5. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford