Crowntown Explained

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Country:England
Map Type:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Official Name:Crowntown
Civil Parish:Sithney
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Os Grid Reference:SW636308
Coordinates:50.13°N -5.309°W
Postcode Area:TR
Postcode District:TR13 0
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Crowntown is a hamlet on the B3303 road south of Nancegollan in west Cornwall, England.[1] [2] It is in the civil parish of Sithney.

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, have been held in Crowntown for centuries,[3] [4] for example at the Crown Inn.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly. 978-0-319-23289-7. 2009. Ordnance Survey.
  2. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  3. Royal Cornwall Gazette, 8 October 1868.
  4. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 28 May 1987.
  5. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 19 August 1999.