Little Bosullow Explained

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Country:England
Region:South West England
Map Type:Cornwall
Official Name:Little Bosullow
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Os Grid Reference:SW416339
Coordinates:50.149°N -5.618°W
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Little Bosullow is a hamlet in the civil parish of Madron, Cornwall, England, UK.[1] [2] Great Bosullow is to the west, Bosullow is on the B3312 Madron to Morvah road and Bosullow Common is to the north.

History

The Bosullow Wesleyan Methodists Chapel at Little Bosullow was renovated at the end of 1878 and reopened on 12 January 1879.[3]

Great and Little Bosullow were put out to tender on 10 June 1880 for a term of seven or fourteen years from the next Michaelmas. The property consisted of a dwelling-house, outbuildings, of arable and pasture land, of enclosed crofts and the rights of common over .[4]

On 19 May 1882 the cornerstone for a new school was laid by Mr T R Bolitho of Pedndrea, Gulval. It held forty pupils.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (St Ives & Lizard Point). 978-0-319-23289-7. Ordnance Survey. 2009.
  2. http://www.explorebritain.info/locality-cornwall-little-bosullow-sw4133 Little Bosullow
  3. News: Madron. The Cornishman. 27. 16 January 1879. 4.
  4. News: Great and Little Bosullow. The Cornishman. 101. 17 June 1880. 1.
  5. News: Madron . The Cornishman . 202 (192) . 25 May 1882 . 4.