Burncoose
Burncoose is located in Cornwall
Burncoose
Burncoose
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW741395
Civil parish
  • Gwennap
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townREDRUTH
Postcode districtTR16
Dialling code01872
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Burncoose is a hamlet near Gwennap in west Cornwall, England; Burncoose lies on the A393 road, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Redruth.[1][2] It was first recorded in 1277 as Burncoys, an anglicized name from the Cornish Broncoos, meaning "wood hill".[3]

See also

References

  1. Google (8 January 2016). "Burncoose" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
  3. Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 26

Further reading

  • Burncoose Gardens: a garden oasis in the minewastes of Cornwall; by F. J. Williams C.B.E., Arnold Dance, David Knuckey.


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