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Gwennap
Gwennap ((コーンウォール語:Lannwenep))〔(Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) ) : (List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel ). Cornish Language Partnership.〕 is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about five miles (8 km) southeast of Redruth.〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4〕
In the 18th and early 19th centuries Gwennap parish was the richest copper mining district in Cornwall,〔 and was called the "richest square mile in the Old World".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gwennap Mining District )〕 It is the location of the Great County Adit, and once-famous mines such as Consolidated Mines, Poldice mine and Wheal Busy. Today it forms part of area A6i (the Gwennap Mining District) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cornish Mining World Heritage – Gwennap Mining District Location Map )〕
It lends its name to ''Gwennap Pit'' where John Wesley preached 18 times between 1762 and 1789, although Gwennap Pit is about to the north west at the hamlet of Busveal near St. Day. The pit was caused by mining subsidence in the mid-18th century. After Wesley's death the local people turned the pit into a regular circular shape with turf seats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gwennap Pit )〕
==Church history==
Gwennap church is dedicated to St Wenappa; in 1225 it was given to the chapter of Exeter by Lord William Briwere. The parish church is an old foundation but was rebuilt in the 15th century because of population growth caused by mining and then thoroughly restored in the 19th century. The tower is detached. According to Charles Henderson "few Cornish churches are less interesting than Gwennap".〔Cornish Church Guide (1925); pp. 105–06〕
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