Helston

Helston is a metropolis and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern give up of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles south-west of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly metropolis at the island of Great Britain and is round 1.5 miles farther south than Penzance. The population in 2011 was 11,700. The former stannary and livestock market town is quality known for the yearly Furry Dance, stated to originate from the medieval length.

However, the Hal-an-Tow is reputed to be of Celtic origin. The music, and song, related to the Furry Dance is understood to have been written in 1911. In 2001, the metropolis celebrated the 800th anniversary of the granting of its Charter. The call comes from the Cornish 'chicken lis' or 'old courtroom' and 'ton' delivered later to indicate a Saxon manor; the Domesday Book refers to Henliston. Only one version refers to 'Henlistona'.

It was granted its charter by using King John on 15 April 1201, for the price of 40 marks of silver. It became right here that tin ingots had been weighed to determine the tin coinage duty because of the Duke of Cornwall when a number of stannary cities have been authorised by way of royal decree. A report of 1396 examined by means of Charles Henderson indicates that the vintage form "Hellys" changed into nonetheless in use The manor of Helston in Kerrier become one of the seventeen Antiqua maneria of the Duchy of Cornwall.