Penmarth is a hamlet in Cornwall

Cornwall

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, United Kingdom

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. It is situated approximately four and a half miles west of Penryn

Penryn

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 and approximately four miles south of Redruth

Redruth

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The hamlet is often referred to as Carnmenellis

Carnmenellis

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, which it was signposted as in the 1970s, and for centuries before the hamlet was known as Polmarth after the surrounding estate. The name Penmarth wasn't used until the Chapel was built.

There is a picturesque caravan club site on the outskirts of the village called Penmarth caravans, complete with fresh water supplies and electrical hook ups.

Chapel

Penmarth has a methodist chapel which was built in 1825.

There is also a memoral located next to the chapel, which honours the names of ten men from the area who died in both world wars.

Church

Penmarth also had a Holy Trinity Church named Carnmenellis Church, which was built in 1850. However it was destroyed by a fire in 1970, and demolished the following year. The churchyard still remains today, however there is an empty area of grass in the middle with no graves, which the church once stood. The tombs of the first vicar Revd Broadley and his wife can be found here.