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]