Name: ST AGNES
Council: Carrick District Council
Location: West-central Cornwall, on the north coast between Perranporth & Porthtowan
Main period of industrial settlement growth: C17/C18; 1800-80
Study Area: St Agnes
NGR: SW 71 50
Main industry: Tin mining; mineral port (copper/coal); market, service and processing

Industrial history and significance

• Associated with one of the primary tin/copper mining areas in Cornwall, noted for technological advances.
• Other associated industries (smelting/foundries/milling and, especially, the mineral harbour at Trevaunance).
• Part of a wider settlement pattern, important because it shows the de-centralised/poly-focal nature of industrial settlement in Cornwall.
• One of a group of Cornish industrial settlements partway between villages and full market towns.
• Reveals some elements of planning and deliberate promotion as a centre, especially in the 17^th century by the Tonkin family - a key period in west Cornwall offering significant research potential.
• Important comparison with similar settlements that achieved urban status in the 19^th century while St Agnes did not.
• One of best Cornish settlements to see the continuing influence and interplay of topography, industrial activity and settlement.

This settlement forms part of the proposed Cornwall & west Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Bid, and is considered an important part of the context for the Bid.

Downloads:

The downloads offered below represent the different elements of the CISI St Agnes Report including the core text and the six illustrative map figures
 

Title	Description	Format	Size
CISI St Agnes report	Report text.		920kb
Figure 1	Location map		1517kb
Figure 2	Historical development map		306kb
Figure 3	Surviving historical components map		280kb
Figure 4	Gazetteer sites, existing designations and recommendations map		419kb
Figure 4a	"		266kb
Figure 4b	"		251kb

Last Updated: 08/01/2004. © Cornwall County Council, Historic Environment Service.