Polmassick

Polmassick
Cornish: Ponsmasek
Polmassick crossroads
Polmassick  Polmassick shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SW971455
Civil parish	St Ewe
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places UK England Cornwall

Coordinates: 50°16′30″N 4°50′56″W / 50.275°N 4.849°W

Polmassick (Cornish: Ponsmasek)^[1] is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Ewe in Cornwall, England. It is about half a mile southwest of St Ewe Churchtown.^[2] A stream of the same name flows through the area, which is inhabited by trout.^[3]

Economy

Polmassick Winery, with a vineyard of 2.5 acres was established in the village in 1978, the first commercial vineyard to be planted in the county. It has been run by Barbara Musgrave since 1986.^[4]

Kastlah Deer Farm sells venison, poultry and guinea fowl at the market in St Austell.^[5] There are several self-catering and B&B cottages, including those of Kilbol Country House Hotel^[6] and Mill Cottage.^[7]

References

1. Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
2. Ordnance Survey One-inch map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 189. 1961
3. Payton, Sir Charles Alfred (1879). Moss from a Rolling Stone: Or, Moorish Wanderings and Rambling Reminiscences. "The Field" Office. pp. 460–3.
4. Trewin, Carol (2005). Gourmet Cornwall. Alison Hodge Publishers. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-906720-39-4.
5. "Market traders pitch in with price protest". West Briton. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
6. "Kilbol Cottages". Kilbolcottages.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
7. "Mill Cottage". Mevagisseybedandbreakfast.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2016.