Lower Croan Explained

Country:England
Region:South West England
Map Type:Cornwall
Official Name:Lower Croan
Cornish Name:Crowyn goles
Civil Parish:Egloshayle
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Os Grid Reference:SX023715
Coordinates:50.51°N -4.79°W
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Lower Croan (Cornish: '''Crowyn goles''', meaning lower little hut) is a farmstead in Cornwall, England, UK.[1] It is in the parish of Egloshayle and Croan house (a quarter of a mile) and Croanford (half a mile) are to the east.[2] Croan House is a manor house of two storeys and seven bays which was built in the 1690s for a prosperous attorney.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin (Camelford & St Austell). 978-0-319-22938-5. Ordnance Survey.
  2. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186. 1961.
  3. [Pevsner, N.]