Hendraburnick Explained

Hendraburnick (Cornish: '''Hendra Bronnik''', meaning rushy home farm) is a farmstead near Davidstow, Cornwall, England.^[1] On Hendraburnick Down is the source of the River Camel.

In the medieval period, Hendraburnick was a manor held under Launceston Castle.^[2] Feet of fines records that in 1383 some land in the settlement of Hendraburnick was held by a Roger Knyght, reverting on his death to a John Lordman of Treleigh.^[3]

A 17th century farmhouse there is a grade II listed building.

Hendraburnick Quoit to the north east is a Late Neolithic dolmen, regarded as "the most decorated or deliberately marked stone in southern Britain".^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of farms in Cornwall

Notes

a. Historical alternative spellings include Hendrebrunnek, Hendrabunyck, Hendraburnycke, Hendraburneck, Hendraburnocke, Henderburnic, Hendrabornicke, and Henderburnick^[6]

References

50.659°N -4.65°W

Notes and References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly. 978-0-319-23145-6. Ordnance Survey.
2. Book: Daniel Lysons . Samuel Lysons . Davidstow. Magna Britannia. 3. 1814. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol3/pp76-81.
3. Book: Cornwall feet of fines. Joseph Hambley Rowe. 2. 21. A.D. 1383-1384 . The publications of the Devon & Cornwall record society . https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031894408&view=1up&seq=23. The Devon and Cornwall record society. 1914.
4. Jones . Andy M. . Goskar . Thomas . 2017-07-03 . Hendraburnick 'Quoit': recording and dating rock art in the west of Britain . Time and Mind . 10 . 3 . 277–292 . 10.1080/1751696X.2017.1341241 . 135019477 . 1751-696X.
5. News: Is stone most decorated in southern Britain? . 2020-01-04 . en.
6. Book: An Index to the Historical Place Names of Cornwall: Vol 1 - A to K. Chris Bond. 2007. 9780952206422.