Rame, Wendron Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:50.1621°N -5.1833°W
Official Name:Rame
Cornish Name:Hordh
Civil Parish:Wendron
Shire County:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Postcode District:TR10
Postcode Area:TR
Os Grid Reference:SW727339

Rame (Cornish: Hordh) is a small village approximately three miles west of Penryn and five miles northeast of Helston in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located on the A394 main road.[1]

The tenement of Rame has for generations been in the possession of the Williams family of Scorrier.[2]

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments were held in a field adjoining Halfway House farm.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
  2. Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; p. 333
  3. Royal Cornwall Gazette, 14 August 1875.