Kenneggy Downs Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Road (A394) at the Coach ^ Horses at Kenneggy Downs - geograph.org.uk - 5382042.jpg
Static Image Caption:A394 at the Coach and Horses
Coordinates:50.1129°N -5.4044°W
Official Name:Kenneggy Downs
Civil Parish:Breage
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:St Ives
Os Grid Reference:SW570291

Kenneggy Downs is a hamlet on the A394, in the civil parish of Breage, between the towns of Helston and Penzance in Cornwall, UK. It is 5miles east of Penzance.[1] Kenegy is Cornish for bogs.[2]

The Grade II listed, 18th-century public house the Coach and Horses was extended in the 19th century and was originally an inn on the turnpike between Penryn and Penzance. Built into the fireplace is a circa, early 19th-century granite milestone with the inscription ″From Helston 1".[3]

On 3 September 1879 a tenement was sold by auction at Kanneggie Downs.[4] Kenneggy Downs is north of the twin hamlets of Kenneggy.[1]

There is also a Kenegie at Gulval, near Penzance.

Notes and References

  1. Landranger map sheet 203. Land's End . 2002 . . Southampton . 978 0 319 23148 7.
  2. Book: Pool. P A S. The Place-Names Of West Penwith. 1985. P A S Pool. Heamoor. Second.
  3. Web site: The Coach and Horses Public House . Historic England . 13 January 2021.
  4. News: Kanneggie For Sale. The Cornishman. 58. 21 August 1879. 1.