Cornwall

Cornwall is a county in England known for tin mining, and for being the location of Winston Graham's Poldark. These locations in Cornwall include fictional and non-fictional locations.

The BBC production was largely filmed in Cornwall, but the interior scenes are usually filmed at the Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol.

History[]

In Poldark[]

In 1783, Cornwall was in an economic depression. Taxes were high and wages were low, and mines were closing down.^[1]

Locations[]

The following locations are found in Winston Graham's Poldark universe:

Name	Known for	Filming location
Cusgarne	Village of the Chynoweth family.
Killewarren	Home of the Penvenen and Enys family.	Great Chalfield Manor, Wiltshire.^[2]
Nampara	Land of the Poldark family.	Near St Breward in Bodmin^[3] and St. Agnes Head in Perranporth, Cornwall^[2]
	Nampara House, home of Ross and Demelza Poldark.
	Tenant cottages, home to Zacky Martin, and Jim and Jinny Carter.
	Wheal Leisure	Owles and Crowns near Botallack^[4]
Trenwith	Trenwith House, home of the Poldark family.	Chavenage House, Gloucestershire^[5]
Trenwith	Land	Bodmin, Cornwall^[6]
Truro	Cornwall's city	Frome, Somerset^[7]
	Warleggan Bank	Wells Town Hall, Wells, Somerset^[7]
	Cardew, home of the Warleggan family	Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire^[2]
Sawle	Sawle Village, home to Drake and Sam Carne	Penberth Cove^[8]
Sawle	Sawle graveyard	Old Church of St Andrew in Holcombe, Somerset^[7]

Notes and sources[]

[1Ep1-1] Poldark, Season 1, Episode 1

[Location-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Poldark Filming Locations: Grand Houses Used in Poldark

[3] Poldark filming locations around Cornwall

[4] Poldark: behind the scenes

[5] Filming Locations by Poldarked

[6] Poldark Location guide

[TopLocations-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Poldark locations - Top filming locations

[8] WHERE IS 'POLDARK' FILMED IN CORNWALL?

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Cornwall

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History[]

In Poldark[]

Locations[]

Notes and sources[]

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