Burncoose
Human settlement in England
Burncoose
Location within Cornwall
- Gwennap
- Cornwall
- Cornwall
- South West
- Truro and Falmouth
Burncoose is a hamlet near Gwennap in west Cornwall, England; Burncoose lies on the A393 road, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Redruth.[1][2] It was first recorded in 1277 as Burncoys, an anglicized name from the Cornish Broncoos, meaning "wood hill".[3]
See also
References
- ^ Google (8 January 2016). "Burncoose" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
- ^ Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 26
Further reading
- Burncoose Gardens: a garden oasis in the minewastes of Cornwall; by F. J. Williams C.B.E., Arnold Dance, David Knuckey.
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