Chyandour is a small settlement within the boundaries of the parish of Penzance

Penzance

Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...

 in west Cornwall

Cornwall

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. It is on the north-east edge of the town straddling the A30

A30 road

The 284 miles A30 road from London to Land's End, historically known as the Great South West Road used to provide the most direct route from London to the south west; more recently the M3 motorway and A303 road performs this function for much of the route and only parts of A30 now retain trunk...

 trunk road.

Historically Chyandour was one of the boundaries of the Borough

Borough

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 of Penzance, and was the site of large tin smelting works. The literal translation of Chyandour from Cornish

Cornish language

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is 'House by the water'.