# Devoran

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For the drug with trade name Devoran, see [Lindane](/source/Lindane).

**Devoran** (Cornish: *Deveryon*)[1] is a village in south [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), England, United Kingdom. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of [Truro](/source/Truro) at .[2] Formerly an [ecclesiastical parish](/source/Ecclesiastical_parish), Devoran is now in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Feock](/source/Feock,_Cornwall) (where the 2011 census population is included).

The village is on the northeast bank of the [Carnon River](/source/Carnon_River) at its confluence with [Restronguet Creek](/source/Restronguet_Creek), a tidal creek which flows into [Carrick Roads](/source/Carrick_Roads) above [Falmouth](/source/Falmouth,_Cornwall). Devoran is at the Normal Tidal Limit (NTL) of the creek[2] but until the 20th century the [tidal limit](/source/Tidal_limit) stretched much further up the valley than now.[3]

The name *Devoran* comes from the [Cornish language](/source/Cornish_language) *Deveryon*, meaning 'waters'.[4]

## Mining

Devoran played an important role in the [tin](/source/Tin_mining) and [copper](/source/Copper_mining) [mining](/source/Mining_in_Cornwall_and_Devon) industry. It developed as a small port engaged in the export of mined minerals and the import of mining materials and coal.[5] The [Redruth and Chasewater Railway](/source/Redruth_and_Chasewater_Railway), an early industrial line which served the many mines a few miles to the north, terminated at the port (although there was an extension to wharves at [Point](/source/Chycoose) on which trains were hauled by horses rather than locomotives). Today, this long-disused railway forms part of a coast-to-coast [footpath](/source/Long-distance_footpaths_in_the_United_Kingdom) and cycle route.

A ruined engine house of [Carnon Mine](/source/Carnon_Mine) is on the bank of the estuary near Devoran. The tin mine was in operation from 1824 to 1830.[6]

## Church

The church of St John and St Petroc (architect [John Loughborough Pearson](/source/John_Loughborough_Pearson)) was built in 1855–56 and consists of a nave and chancel only.[7] It was renovated in 1879.[8] [Thomas Lobb](/source/Thomas_Lobb), [Victorian](/source/Victorian_era) [botanist](/source/Botanist) and plant hunter is buried in Devoran churchyard. The parish war memorial by H J Martin lists seventeen names "in grateful memory of the men of the parish of Devoran who fell in the [Great War](/source/World_War_I) 1914–1919". A further section of eight names was added of [Second World War](/source/World_War_II) casualties.[9]

## References

1. ["Cornish Language Partnership : Place names in the SWF"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130515091028/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520). Archived from [the original](http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520) on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 *Truro & Falmouth* ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4

1. [Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative; Devoran](http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/devoran/CISI_devoran_report.pdf); PDF. Retrieved 8 April 2016

1. [Akademi Kernewek place names - Deveryon](https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/content/devoran-1)

1. ["Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative - Devoran"](http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/devoran/CISI_devoran_report.pdf). Historic Environment, Cornwall Council. December 2002. p. 13. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

1. ["Carnon Mine"](https://explorecornwall.org/carnon-mine/) *Explore Cornwall*. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

1. Pevsner, N. (1970) *Cornwall*; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 62

1. "Devoran". *The Cornishman*. No. 66. 16 October 1879. p. 5.

1. ["Devoran War Memorial Cornwall"](http://devoranwarmemorial.wordpress.com). Retrieved 8 April 2016.

## Further reading

- Acton, Viv *Life by the Fal: Years of change at Point and Penpol*, Penpol, Landmark Publications (1993) ISBN 1-873443-10-2
- Acton, Bob *Exploring Cornwall's tramway trails, Volume 2: The coast-to coast trail: Portreath to Devoran and beyond*, Penpol, Landmark Publications (1997) ISBN 1-873443-28-5

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