Nancegollan
Nancegollan
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Fields near Nancegollan | |
Location within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW637321 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Nancegollan (Cornish: Nansigolen) is a village in the civil parish of Crowan in west Cornwall, England. Nancegollan is on the B3303 road and south-east of Leedstown.
The railway line from Helston to Hayle passed through the village (closed in 1964). Nancegollan station was the largest of the four stations on the branch.
On Polcrebo Downs is the engine house of the Polcrebo Mine which was reopened in 1882 and still working in the 1890s; but is of very ancient origin.
The name Nancegollan comes from the Cornish language words nans, meaning 'valley', and igolen, meaning 'whetstone'.