Carbis
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Coordinates: 50°24′04″N 4°49′01″W / 50.401°N 4.817°W
Carbis is a hamlet 0.9 miles (1.4 km) east of Roche in Cornwall, England.[1] Carbis lies at about 495 feet (151 m) above sea level.[1]
Rosemellyn China Clay works lies 0.4 miles (0.64 km) north-east of Carbis. In the 19th century the mining of china clay was an important industry around St Austell indeed the area has the nick-name of the "china clay country". The Rosemellyn China Clay company went into liquidation in 1918. A short railway branch line (now dismantled) ran from Carbis Wharf to the sidings at nearby Bugle as part of the Cornwall Minerals Railway.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "DEFRA Magic Map Application". DEFRA. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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