Official Name: | Trescowe |
Civil Parish: | Breage |
Country: | England |
Region: | South West England |
Coordinates: | 50.1266°N -5.393°W |
Unitary England: | Cornwall |
Lieutenancy England: | Cornwall |
Static Image: | Old chapel at Trescowe - geograph.org.uk - 185749.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Old chapel at Trescowe |
Trescowe (Cornish: Treskaw)[1] is a hamlet north of Germoe, in the civil parish of Breage, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[2]
The name Trescowe is an anglicisation of the Cornish language Treskaw, which contains the words tre, meaning 'farm' or 'settlement', and skaw, meaning 'elder trees'.[3]