Pendeen St Just, Cornwall

Description
Pendeen, a village and a chapelry in St Just-in-Penwith parish, Cornwall. The village stands on the coast, at Portherras Cove, 7 miles WNW of Penzance station on the G.W.R. It has a post and money order office under Penzance; telegraph office, St Just. The chapelry was constituted in 1845. Population of the ecclesiastical district, 2281. There is a parish council consisting of fifteen members. Pendeen House was the birthplace of Dr Borlase the antiquary. The rocks possess interest for geologists. The two principal mines of the parish are Botallack and the Levant. The latter is the prospering mine. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; gross value, £272 with residence. The church is modern and handsome, and the tower was heightened in 1889 some few feet, in order to receive a clock and bell. There are Wesleyan, Bible Christian, and Methodist chapels.