Trevescan
Coordinates: 50°03′50″N 5°41′42″W / 50.064°N 5.695°W
Trevescan is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated between the village of Sennen and the settlement at Land's End, 8 miles (13 km) west of Penzance.[1]
The name is Cornish and could mean tre (hamlet) + personal name Bescan which means "little short one", or could be a corruption of heskyn, ″sedge″ or ″marsh″. Previous spellings of the name include, Trefescan (1302), Trevescan (1310), Trevascan (1327) and Treviscan (1343).[2][3]
The freehold estate and farm of 128 acres (52 ha) owned by Mr John Saundry was auctioned on 5 November 1885. The estate included a substantial dwelling house, garden, stables, cattle houses, five other dwellings, 66 acres (27 ha) of inclosed cliff and crofts and a large fowling pool.[4] It was bought by Mr George R Hicks of for £6,410.[5]
References[]
- ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
- ^ Reaney, P. H. The Origins of English Place-Names (1980 ed.). Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 67.
- ^ Pool, P A S (1985). The Place-Names of West Penwith (Second ed.). Heamoor: Peter Pool. p. 76.
- ^ "Valuable Freehold Estate near Penzance for Sale". Cornishman. No. 378. 15 October 1885. p. 8.
- ^ "Sale of Trevescan, Sennen". The Cornishman. No. 382. 12 November 1885. p. 7.
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