Gweek, Cornwall nr Helston - art postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Gweek, Cornwall - from an original by Mollie Fisher
• Publisher:  printed by Dowrick Designs
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Gweek (Cornish: Gwig, meaning forest village) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) east of Helston.^[1] The civil parish was created from part of the parish of Constantine by boundary revision in 1986. The name Gweek is first recorded as Gwyk in 1358 and is derived from the Cornish word gwig, meaning ""forest village"", cognate with the Welsh gwig and Old Breton guic.^[2]

Gweek lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

Gweek village has a pub, the Black Swan,^[3] and a combined shop and post office. The village is also home to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary.

Gweek is at the head of navigation of the Helford River. It has been a port since Roman times and was a thriving port in the Tudor period, with its own Customs House.^[4] During the mining boom, a tin-smelting blowing house operated at the quayside.^[5]

In Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England published in 1848, the village was described as:^[6]

GWEEK, a small port, in the hundred of Kerrier, W. division of Cornwall, 3½ miles (E. by S.) from Helston. The pilchard-fishery is carried on extensively, 200 boats being employed in taking the fish, which are cured in the various creeks and coves within the limits of the port. In addition to the fishery, the chief trade consists in the exportation of copper-ore, corn, moorstone, and oysters, and the importation of timber, coal, and limestone.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=cornwall/ scilly isles

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

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