Longdowns
50°09′50″N 5°09′32″W / 50.164°N 5.159°W
Longdowns is a village in
A394 road approximately three miles (4.8 km) west of Penryn
.[1] Longdowns is in the civil parish of Stithians (where the population of the 2011 census is included.).[2]
Longdowns is in an area of granite quarries, some active some disused. The village has a petrol station, a convenience store. It still has a working blacksmith's shop.
John Spargo, the American socialist, was born in Longdowns.
References
- ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
- ^ "Stithians Parish Council - Home". Archived from the original on 8 January 2013.
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