Trenance

Trenance (Cornish: Trenans)[1] is a hamlet adjoining Mawgan Porth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Trenance Point is a headland nearby.[2]

Houses at Trenance
The coast path at Trenance Point

There are also places called Trenance in the parishes of Mullion, Newquay, St Issey, St Keverne and St Wenn. The meaning of Trenance is "valley farm".[3]

The manor of Trenance in St Keverne was recorded in Domesday Book (1086) when it was held by Algar from Robert, Count of Mortain. There was one hide of land and land for 6 ploughs. There were 2 ploughs, 6 serfs, 2 villeins, 9 smallholders, 100 acres of pasture, 2 cattle, and 37 sheep. The value of the manor was 15 shillings though it had formerly been worth £2 sterling.[4]

References
  1. Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. Ordnance Survey Landranger 200: Newquay, Bodmin & Surrounding Area; 1: 50 000. 1980
  3. Weatherhill, Craig (2009). A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype. ISBN 9781904808220; p. 73
  4. Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,15,1

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