# Degibna

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**Degibna** is a [hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(place)) and farm in the parish of [Helston](/source/Helston), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), England, UK.[1][2] It lies on the eastern bank of the largest natural freshwater lake in Cornwall, [The Loe](/source/The_Loe), and forms part of the [Penrose Estate](/source/Penrose,_Cornwall).

## Geography

Degibna lies in the [Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty](/source/Cornwall_Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. It is agricultural in nature, with most of the hamlet being devised of farmland. There is a large plantation, Degibna Woods, on the edge of the Loe which used to act as a carriage ride and shoot location for visitors to Penrose Estate, but is now utilised by walkers.[3] Degibna is bordered to the north by the parish of Helston, to the east by the parish of [St Mawgan-in-Meneage](/source/Mawgan-in-Meneage), to the south by the parish of [Gunwalloe](/source/Gunwalloe) and [Mount's Bay](/source/Mount's_Bay), and to the west by the Parish of [Porthleven](/source/Porthleven).[4]

## History

The earliest mention of Degibna is in 1272 when [King Edward I](/source/Edward_I_of_England) granted land of a Cornish acre at Decuman to William de Treville on the condition he purchase and maintain a boat and fishing hook for the King's use on the Loe whenever he should visit the area.[5]

Degibna has a long Christian history and association with [Saint Decuman](/source/Decuman), with a chapel dedicated to the saint existing since at least the 14th century. The earliest mention of such is on 28 May 1397 when the vicar of [Wendron](/source/Wendron) was licensed to celebrate on 27 August each year the Feast of St. Decuman in the Chapel of Decuman in his parish. In 1886 the chapel was described as a [Wesleyan chapel](/source/Wesleyan_theology) with ″hallowed associations″. At that time the number of worshipers was small, not of the richest and a thatcher was about to ″put on a new coat″ to the old thatched roof.[6]

In addition there is a [holy well](/source/Holy_well) that flows along a small white [quartz](/source/Quartz) path in an old farm building below Degibna Farmhouse into the Loe, which was subject to regular blessing services by [Canon Doble](/source/Gilbert_Hunter_Doble) during the early 20th century. [7]

An ancient lead and silver mine, Wheal Pool, was located in the area, operating until the 1880s when it was closed. There was a shaft on the eastern slopes of the valley, some 600 yards N.N.E of Degibna Farm, which was 50 fathoms deep. A drainage adit was constructed in 1790 in the cliffs at the southern end of Loe Pool in order to regulate the lake's water levels to prevent the mine from flooding. [8]

## Notable people

- [Commodore Anthony 'Tony' Hogg](/source/Tony_Hogg), [AFC](/source/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)) – former [Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner](/source/Devon_and_Cornwall_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner) and former Commanding Officer of [RNAS Culdrose](/source/RNAS_Culdrose), resides in the hamlet, running a [B&B](/source/Bed_and_breakfast) with his wife.

## References

1. *Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203*Land's End & Isles of Scilly (St Ives & Lizard Point)'**. Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23289-7.**

1. ["Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer"](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html) (csv (download)). *www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk*. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

1. *Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203*Land's End & Isles of Scilly (St Ives & Lizard Point)'**. Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23289-7.**

1. ["map"](https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?useExisting=1). arcgis. Retrieved 2019-10-24.

1. *The Ancient Borough of Helston*; by H. Spencer Toy. Helston: John Lander & Son, 1912

1. "Degibna Wesleyan Chapel". *The Cornishman*. No. 396. 18 February 1886. p. 4.

1. "Degibna and the Loe Valley" by Edward Freeman and Bill Scott, 1986

1. Dines, H. G. (1956) *The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-west England*. London: HMSO Publications; Vol. 1, p. 242.

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