Roseworthy, Cornwall Explained

Roseworthy (Cornish: Rosworghi)[1] is a hamlet on the A30 trunk road in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian in Cornwall, England, UK.

Roseworthy Barton is a farm half a mile south of Roseworthy.[2]

At Roseworthy there was once a holy well and chapel of Saint Winierus, which was also the site of the most splendid Celtic cross of Cornwall (now at Lanherne).[3]

References

50.2082°N -5.3451°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
  2. Ordnance Survey (1983) Land's End, The Lizard & The Isles of Scilly, sheet 203; 1:50 000
  3. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 106