Varfell
{{Short description|Hamlet in Cornwall, England}}
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Varfell is a hamlet within the parish of Ludgvan, Cornwall, UK. Varfell Farm is the world's largest producers of daffodil bulbs.{{harvnb|Tompsett|2006|p=27}}
History
In 1882 the Penzance Rural Sanitary Authority agreed to supply Mr Lawry {{Convert|500|impgal}} daily for the greenhouses, on the condition that if there was a shortage the supply would be diverted to Marazion and St Michael's Mount. The annual rate of payment was £6.{{cite news |title=Supplying Water To Varfell Greenhouses |work=The Cornishman |issue=231 |date=14 December 1882 |page=7}} Varfell is now one the centres of production for the large flower and bulb growers Winchester Bulbs.{{harvnb|Tompsett|2006|p=52}}
Famous people
Varfell was the ancestral home of the chemist Humphry Davy.{{cite book
| last =Paris
| first =John Ayrton
| authorlink =John Ayrton Paris
| title =The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., LL.D.: Late President of the Royal Society
| publisher =H. Colburn and R. Bentley
| date =1831
| url =https://archive.org/details/lifeofsirhumphry01pariuoft
| page =[https://archive.org/details/lifeofsirhumphry01pariuoft/page/1 1] }}
References
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
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- {{cite book |last1=Tompsett |first1=Andrew |title=Golden Harvest: The Story of Daffodil Growing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |date=2006 |publisher=Alison Hodge Publishers |location=Penzance |isbn=0 906720 46 X}}
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