Crowan

Crowan
Crowan parish church
Crowan is located in Cornwall
Crowan
Crowan
Location within Cornwall
Population2,581 (2011 census including Carzise )
OS grid referenceSW645345
Civil parish
  • Crowan
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAMBORNE
Postcode districtTR14
Dialling code01209
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°09′47″N 5°17′38″W / 50.163°N 05.294°W / 50.163; -05.294
Clowance Estate

Crowan (Cornish: Egloskrewen (village) or Pluw Grewen (parish))[1] is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about three-and-a-half miles (6 km) south of Camborne.[2] A former mining parish, all of the mines had shut by 1880.

  1. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7