Common Moor

Common Moor, also written Commonmoor, sits quietly in Cornwall, about a mile north of St Cleer. This small hamlet wears its history gently: once a mining village founded by the Davy family, it still carries echoes of that past in local place names such as “Davy’s Row.” There’s a modest, community-minded spirit here—residents gather in a small village hall that serves as the meeting place for the settlement. Practical modern trappings are minimal; Common Moor does not have a public telephone box or a post office, though a letter box remains for sending and receiving notes the old-fashioned way. Visiting feels like stepping into a pocket of rural Cornwall where history is woven into the landscape and everyday life moves at a relaxed pace. It’s a place to enjoy a short detour from busier routes, to notice the names and traces left by mining days, and to appreciate how a small community continues to preserve its identity through a simple hall, a letter box, and the stories marked on its maps.