Talskiddy

Talskiddy is a small rural village about two miles north of St Columb Major in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

Originally a manorial settlement belonging to the Earldom of Cornwall, the place prospered in the 19th century as a centre of the wool-combing industry.

[1] It is recorded that Richard, Earl of Cornwall purchased three Cornish acres at Talskiddy.

Talskiddy is probably one of the smallest villages in Cornwall, the only facilities being one red telephone box and a Victorian postbox.

Daniel Defoe wrote a book about a man from Talskiddy called Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher: or, Great Britain's Wonder (1719).