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OS grid reference
  
SW445341

Country
  
Post town
  
Local time
  
Friday 4:09 AM

Region
  
Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
TR20

Shire county
  
Carfury

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SE at 26 km/h, 95% Humidity

Carfury is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in Penwith approximately three miles (5 km) northwest of Penzance. According to the Post Office the 2011 census population was included in the civil parish of Madron

The 19th-century geologist Elizabeth Carne founded a school in Carfury.

There are three listed buildings in Carfury, all Grade II: Carfury farmhouse and its front garden walls, farm buildings west of Carfury farmhouse, and a piggery north of the farmhouse.

Carfury Bible Christian Chapel

Carfury Bible Christian Chapel was founded in 1821 with seating for 172. From 1907 to 1932, the chapel was known as Carfury United Methodist Church. It closed and the premises were sold in 1971. Records and papers relating to the Carfury Chapel are held by Cornwall Record Office.

References

Carfury Wikipedia


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