Trescowe Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
  2. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  3. https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/content/trescowe Akademi Kernewek place names - Treskaw