St. Newlyn East
OS Grid ref:- SW8256
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St. Newlyn East is situated around five miles south of Newquay and is an ancient village. The village church of St. Newlina is part Norman, it was restored in the late 19th century. The parish is named after the patron saint of the church.
The village was the site of one of Cornwall's worst mining disasters on 9th July, 1846, when unusually heavy rain flooded the East Wheal Rose lead mine, leaving 39 men and boys dead. The mine was eventually closed in 1881.