Chilsworthy is a village located on the south bank of the River Tamar, and is part of the Parish of Calstock, in Cornwall, England.[4][5][6] Historically it was a mining village in the Hundred of East Wivelshire.[7] The name of the village derives from the Old EnglishCeol's Worthing, meaning Ceol's farm[stead], with Ceol being a personal name, a root it shares with the village of the same name, Chilsworthy, in Devon.[8]
There is a pub in the village, the White Hart Inn,[9][10] which featured in a BBCseries called Saving Britain's Pubs.[11][12] The village was served by a railway station on the Callington branch line between 1906 and 1966.[13] Besides the passenger traffic, the railway had numerous freight sidings in the area including Chilsworthy Brick Kilns and Chimney which is now grade II listed.[14]
Mining was undertaken in the area in the second-half of the 19th century, with tin and copper being produced at the Chilsworthy Mine (also known as the South Devon Mine even though it was in Cornwall).[15][16] A tip from mining activity still exists in the area which contains traces of lead, arsenic, copper and tin.[17]
↑Pyatt, F. Brian (Summer 1976). "Lichen Ecology of Metal Spoil Tips: Effects of Metal Ions on Ascospore Viability". The Bryologist. 79 (2). American Bryological and Lichenological Society: 176. doi:10.2307/3241910. ISSN0007-2745.
