Helston

Helston

      town (“parish”), Kerrier district, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, England. In the 13th century Helston, lying in the extreme southwest of England, was western Cornwall's most important town, having a harbour on the River Cober, which now extends into Loo Pool. The Cober drains into Mounts Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. In the Elizabethan era Helston was one of the four Cornish stannary (tin-working) towns. Pop. (2001) 9,780.

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