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Mitchell (sometimes known as Michael or St Michael's) is a village in mid Cornwall, England. It is situated 14 miles (22 km) northeast of Redruth and 17 miles (27 km) west-southwest of Bodmin on the A30 trunk road.〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5〕 Mitchell straddles the old course of the A30 road but a dual carriageway bypass now carries the traffic north of the village. A 16th-century coaching inn called the Plume of Feathers stands in the main street. The original name was La Medeshole〔''Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 91〕 and the first recorded mention of the village was in a court case in 1234 establishing the legal status of an annual market on St Francis's Day. A chapel of St Francis for the use of wayfarers existed from 1239 until its destruction at the Reformation.〔''Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 91〕 From the Middle Ages on, the borough of Mitchell elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons but was disenfranchised by the Reform Act 1832.〔 *〕 Walter Raleigh and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington were both MPs representing Mitchell. At Carland Cross, a mile west of Mitchell, there are Iron Age burial mounds and flint arrow heads have been found in local fields. ==The Folk Cottage== Mitchell's fame spread during the British folk music revival in the mid-1960s when a folk club opened in the village. Named called 'The Folk Cottage'〔http://rprest.adsl24.co.uk/kernowbeat/folkcottage.html The Folk Cottage on Kernow Beat〕 (because it was housed in a semi-derelict farm cottage) it staged both evening concerts and thrice-weekly 'after midnight' sessions.〔() Wizz Jones website; Folk Cottage; retrieved April 2010〕 The Folk Cottage became known throughout the UK and played a key part in the burgeoning 1960s folk music and beatnik scene in Cornwall. The Folk Cottage provided a springboard for many performers who would later become nationally known including Wizz Jones, Jacqui McShee, Clive Palmer (co-founder of The Incredible String Band), and Ralph McTell.〔Chris Hockenhull; ''Streets of London - The Official Biography of Ralph McTell''; pages 38-39. Northdown Publishing Ltd, 1997. ISBN 1-900711-02-8.〕〔() Ralph McTell official website; Retrieved April 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitchell, Cornwall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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