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OS grid reference
  
SW776414

Country
  
Post town
  
TRURO

Local time
  
Thursday 9:07 PM

Civil parish
  
UK parliament constituency
  
Region
  
Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
TR4

Dialling code
  
01872

Ceremonial county
  
Unitary authority
  
Cornwall Council

Bissoe

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9°C, Wind S at 29 km/h, 80% Humidity

Bissoe (Cornish: Besow, meaning birch trees) is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated five miles (8 km) east of Redruth in a former tin mining area. According to the Post Office the 2011 Census population was included in the civil parish of Kea

Map of Bissoe, Truro, UK

Bissoe was the site of an early arsenic extraction works, the second such commercial works in Britain. Frederick Hamilton Davey succeeded his father as Works Manager of the Cornwall Arsenic Company's factory at Bissoe in 1902, having acted as his father's assistant for several years.

The name is believed to derive from the Cornish word besow meaning birch trees. Bissoe is the home of a small number of businesses, Bissoe Bike Hire, a concrete products company and an environmental waste management company called Clear-flow Ltd.

Bissoe lies on the Coast to Coast Trail long-distance footpath and cycle trail. The trail is 11 miles (17.5 km) long and links the interior of west Cornwall to the harbour of Portreath on the north coast and the former port of Devoran in the south. The trail follows the course of now-disused railways formerly used to carry imported coal and extracted minerals for export. Bissoe Valley Nature Reserve lies to the south of the hamlet.

References

Bissoe Wikipedia


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