In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Carnon like this:
CARNON, a stream and a village in Cornwall. The stream runs 4 miles south-eastward, down a valley, to the head of a creek of Falmouth harbour, 4 miles N of Falmouth. Great tin stream works were carried on at its mouth, over a space 300 yards wide, upwards of a mile long, some distance into the bed of the estuary, and banked round to keep off the water; but have been abandoned. The village stands a short way up the stream; and has extensive works for preparing arsenic from arsenical pyrites.
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Carnon through time
Carnon is now part of Carrick district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carrick has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Carnon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Carnon, in Carrick and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24220
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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