Burncoose Explained

Static Image Name:Camborne Redruth Community Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 716833.jpg
Static Image Caption:Camborne Redruth Community Hospital, Burncoose
Country:England
Map Type:Cornwall
Official Name:Burncoose
Cornish Name:Broncoosp
Coordinates:50.212°N -5.166°W
Civil Parish:Gwennap
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:Truro and Falmouth
Post Town:REDRUTH
Postcode District:TR16
Postcode Area:TR
Dial Code:01872
Os Grid Reference:SW741395

Burncoose is a hamlet near Gwennap in west Cornwall, England; Burncoose lies on the A393 road, 4miles south-east of Redruth.[1] It was first recorded in 1277 as Burncoys, an anglicized name from the Cornish Broncoos, meaning "wood hill".[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
  2. [Weatherhill, Craig]