Wheal Josiah (ruin)

Wheal Josiah (ruin) is a ruins in Gulworthy, West Devon District, England. Wheal Josiah (ruin) is situated nearby to the ruins Wheal Anna Maria, as well as near the coniferous forest Blanchdown Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gunnislake railway station and Hingston Down.

Gunnislake railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gunnislake railway station serves the village of Gunnislake in Cornwall, England. There are also connecting buses from here to the town of Tavistock. However the station is located in or nearer to the villages of Drakewalls and Albaston. Gunnislake railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Wheal Josiah (ruin).

Hingston Down

Quarry

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hingston Down is a hill not far from Gunnislake in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the subject of an old rhyme, due to the prolific tin mining that formerly took place in the area: Hingston Down well ywroughtIs worth London Town dearly bought. Hingston Down is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wheal Josiah (ruin).

St Paul’s Church

Church

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul's Church is a Church of England Church in Gulworthy, Devon and is one of the central buildings in the disparate parish, together with the neighbouring school. It is a Grade II listed building. St Paul’s Church is situated 1½ miles east of Wheal Josiah (ruin).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Latchley and Gunnislake.

Latchley

Hamlet

Photo: Nikkichaplin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Latchley is a village in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall, England, UK. It is in the parish of Calstock.

Gunnislake

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gunnislake is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately ten miles north of Plymouth The first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire, Mary Ellen Smith, was born here in 1863.

Drakewalls

Village

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Drakewalls is a small village in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is in Calstock parish, adjacent to Gunnislake between Callington and Tavistock. Primary education is provided by Delaware Community Primary School. Drakewalls is situated 1½ miles south of Wheal Josiah (ruin).

Wheal Josiah (ruin)

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Gulworthy, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.5405° or 50° 32′ 26″ north

Longitude

-4.22289° or 4° 13′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C2QGQRG+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3733368223

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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