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462:, wished to provide a church for the outlying hamlet of Four Lanes but her husband died and she moved elsewhere. In the late 1870s she returned and ensured that a building used for occasional services which had become dilapidated was repaired. She still wished to provide a proper church, made appeals for funds and the new church was consecrated on 4 April 1881 at a cost of £1,250. Mrs Broadley had given £1,050 of this and also the cost of many of the fittings and the east window. She is commemorated by a plaque in Pencoys church placed there in 1977 as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the 357: 60: 44: 969: 898: 926: 67: 239: 470:
with nave, chancel and a small north chapel used for vestries. The stone was quarried locally with arches and dressings of granite and Wild Duck stone. The parish war memorial is the church's
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The older part of Four Lanes straddles the B3297 road north of the crossroads and post-1960s housing estates are to the south of the crossroads.
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There are two pubs in the village; the Victoria Inn at The Square and the Sportsman's Arms three hundred metres south on the Helston road.
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is a smaller settlement which adjoins Four Lanes immediately to the south. St Andrew's Church was consecrated by
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Wild Duck was the name of the Sportsmans Arms and Loscombe Lane was known as Duck Lane. The stone, an
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and the name Pencoys means the end of the wood. Maria Charlotte Broadley, the wife of the Vicar of
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of Pencoys which was established in 1881. In earlier times the area was part of the parish of
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television transmitting station is situated half-a-mile north-west of the village at
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which takes part in competitions and festivals at local and national level. One of
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The classical soprano singer Wendy Eathorne was born at Four Lanes in 1939.
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I Know a Wild Hamlet: The Saga of St Andrew's Church, Pencoys
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tournaments were held in the field by the Victoria Inn.
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Four Lanes and Pencoys are on the upland plateau of the
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with square cross section, which is surmounted by the
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Cornish

Four Lanes is located in Cornwall
Cornwall
OS grid reference
SW 689 386
Civil parish
Carn Brea
Unitary authority
Cornwall
Ceremonial county
Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
TR16
Dialling code
Police
Devon and Cornwall
Fire
Cornwall
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
Camborne and Redruth
UK

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