Burncoose

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Burncoose
Cornish: Broncoosp
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Camborne Redruth Community Hospital, Burncoose
Burncoose is located in Cornwall
Burncoose
Burncoose
 Burncoose shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW741395
Civil parish Gwennap
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town REDRUTH
Postcode district TR16
Dialling code 01872
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Truro and Falmouth
List of places
UK
England
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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

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  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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