Cusgarne Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Cusgarne CP School - geograph.org.uk - 1622689.jpg
Static Image Caption:Cusgarne Community Primary School
Official Name:Cusgarne
Cornish Name:Kosgaran
Coordinates:50.224°N -5.143°W
Civil Parish:Gwennap
Shire County:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Post Town:Truro
Postcode District:TR4
Postcode Area:TR
Os Grid Reference:SW758407

Cusgarne (Cornish: Kosgaran)[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, UK. It is about from Truro and from Redruth.[2] It is in the civil parish of Gwennap

Cusgarne Community Primary School is in the centre of the village. It caters for children from the ages of 4–11 with the majority moving on to nearby Penryn College or either Richard Lander or Penair schools.[3]

The name Cusgarne comes from the Cornish language words koos, meaning 'wood', and garan, meaning 'heron' or 'crane'.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth
  3. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/%28id%29/104655/%28as%29/111845_325477.pdf Ofsted Report in PDF format
  4. https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/content/cusgarne Akademi Kernewek place names - Kosgaran