Crafthole

Village in England

Sheviock

Unitary authority

Cornwall

Cornwall

Region

South West

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South East Cornwall

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50°21′54″N 4°18′00″W / 50.365°N 4.300°W / 50.365; -4.300

Crafthole is a village in the parish of Sheviock, in southeast Cornwall, England, UK.^[1]^[2] The village has a pub (Finnygook Inn), Post Office, shop, Methodist chapel, and village hall.^[3]

History

Crafthole in the late 19th century, was notorious for smuggling rum which was very valuable. The smugglers used the harbour of Portwrinkle to dock the boats, from which the rum was offloaded and taken up the steep hill connecting the two villages to Crafthole. One of the prime places the rum was stored was in the room below the Methodist chapel which was built in 1867.^[4]

Landmarks

A stone cross stands by the side of the road. It was first recorded in 1858 as a cross without a base. By 1896 it was standing on a base; in the 1950s it was removed to the side of the road from its previous site in the middle. Crafthole was granted a weekly market in 1315; it has been suggested^{[by whom?]} that this cross was the market cross.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston (Map). Ordnance Survey. ISBN 978-0-319-23287-3.
^ Crafthole; Explore Britain
^ Guide to South Cornwall; 14th ed. London: Ward, Lock & Co., [c. 1955]; p. 140
^ "Methodist Chapel, Crafthole,Cornwall UK - This Old Church on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ Langdon, A. G. (2005) Stone Crosses in East Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; p. 63
^ Historic England (1939) Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole, 1010857, National Heritage List for England