Catchall, Cornwall

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cornwall, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|static_image_name= File:The Blind Fiddler Standing Stone - geograph.org.uk - 974553.jpg

|static_image_width= 240

|static_image_caption= The Blind Fiddler Standing Stone

|country = England

|map_type= Cornwall

|coordinates = {{coord|50.094|-5.594|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Catchall

|cornish_name= Hendra Woles

|population=

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|civil_parish= Sancreed

|unitary_england= Cornwall

|lieutenancy_england = Cornwall

|region= South West England

|constituency_westminster= St Ives

|post_town= Penzance

|postcode_district = TR19

|postcode_area= TR

|dial_code= 01736

|os_grid_reference= SW430279

}}

Catchall ({{langx|kw|Hendra Woles}}) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Sancreed in west Cornwall, England, UK. Catchall is {{convert|1|mi|km}} south-east of Sancreed at around {{convert|310|ft|m}} above sea level at the junction of the B3283 with the A30 main road.Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961 Catchall is probably from the name of a 19th-century public house which at that time was an important road junction.{{cite book |last1=Pool |first1=P A S |title=The Place-names of West Penwith |date=1985 |publisher=P A S Pool |location=Heamoor |page=82 |edition=Second}}

There are a number of prehistoric standing stones nearby that have been scheduled as ancient monuments by English Heritage; the Blind Fiddler, the Long Stones and Tresvennack Pillar are all within {{convert|1|mi|km}} of Catchall. The Blind Fiddler is a single freestanding monolith measuring {{convert|3.3|by|1.9|by|0.4|m}}.

{{cite web| url=http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006730

| title=Ancient Monument Listing: Standing Stone known as the 'Blind Fiddler'

| publisher=Historic England| accessdate=10 January 2016}} The Long Stones (also known as the "Sisters" or "Triganeeris Stones") are two upright monoliths standing approximately {{convert|5.5|m}} apart. Both stones are over {{convert|2|m}} high. Excavations revealed that between the two stones is a rectangular pit.

{{cite web| url=http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006699

| title=Ancient Monument Listing: Standing Stone known as the 'Long Stones'

| publisher=Historic England| accessdate=10 January 2016}} The Tresvennack Pillar is a single upright monolith with a large vertical crack and standing almost 4m high.{{cite web| url=http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1004492

| title=Ancient Monument Listing: Standing Stone known as the'Trevennack Pillar'

| publisher=Historic England| accessdate=10 January 2016}}

The freehold tenement of Catchall, then being part of Hendra was sold by public auction on 23 June 1883. At the time of selling it was occupied by Mr William Jacka, on a yearly tenancy and included {{convert|3-4|acres}} for cultivation, a farmhouse, barn, stable two pig-houses, cart shed, etc.{{cite news |title=Freehold Tenement In Sancreed, For Sale |work=The Cornishman |issue=257 |date=14 June 1883 |page=1}} The tenement was purchased by Thomas Bedford Bolitho, a local banker and industrialist, who owned nearby Kerris.{{cite news |title=Local News |work=The Cornishman |issue=258 (257 on front page) |date=28 June 1883 |page=5}}

A dairy opened on 24 May 1889 for the production of butter using DeLaval machinery from Denmark.{{cite news |title=Dairy Factory at Catchall |work=The Cornishman |issue=569 |date=30 May 1889 |page=4}}