Gweek
Gweek is a village and civil parish in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, United Kingdom renowned for its Seal Sanctuary[1].
Like many Cornish villages it features a Brass Band (Gweek Silver Band)[2] that performs in the local community and provides backing at some services in the Gweek Mission Church. The band also organises a yearly 'band week'. This starts with a Concert of 3 local brass bands in a field overlooking the Helford estuary. There is later a Pig Roast with stalls and entertainment and at the end of the week a clay pigeon shoot. The village is served by the Gweek Inn[3]
Gweek is at the head of navigation of the Helford river. It has been a port since Roman times and was a thriving port in the Tudor period.[4] During the Mining boom, a tin-smelting "Blowing House" operated at the keyside[5]. It is currently the home of a boatbuilding firm [6] and Seacore, a marine drilling contractor [7].
Gweek as a Civil Parish, in the District of Kerrier, created from part of the Parish of Constantine by boundary revision in 1986.
References
- ^ Seal Sanctuary
- ^ Gweek Silver Band
- ^ The Gweek Inn
- ^ Bill Scolding Five walks around Constantine: heritage, landscape, Wildlife; Constantine Enterprises Company, 2006 ISBN 0955281601
- ^ D.B.Barton A history of in mining and smelting in Cornwall; Revised edition 1969; Cornwall Books, reprint 1989 ISBN 1871060036
- ^ Gweek Quay Boatyard
- ^ http://www.seacore.co.uk/
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