Trescowe

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50°07′36″N 5°23′35″W / 50.1266°N 5.3930°W / 50.1266; -5.3930

Trescowe (Cornish: Treskaw)[1] is a hamlet north of Germoe, in the civil parish of Breage, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[2]

The name Trescowe is an anglicisation of the Cornish language Treskaw, which contains the words tre, meaning 'farm' or 'settlement', and skaw, meaning 'elder trees'.[3]

References

  1. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  3. ^ Akademi Kernewek place names - Treskaw
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