Trescowe
| Trescowe | |
|---|---|
Old chapel at Trescowe | |
Trescowe Location within Cornwall | |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
- ^ Akademi Kernewek place names - Treskaw