Treknow
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Coordinates: 50°38′57″N 4°45′05″W / 50.6492°N 4.7515°W
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Treknow shown within Cornwall |
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| OS grid reference | SX056869 |
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| Civil parish | Tintagel |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TINTAGEL |
| Postcode district | PL34 |
| Dialling code | 01840 77 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Cornwall |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Treknow is a small village in Tintagel civil parish, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom: it is the second largest settlement, and is located between Trevena and Trebarwith.
It is situated 19 miles (31 km) north of Bodmin, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Camelford, and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Tintagel, grid reference SX056869
Treknow is mentioned as a manor (under the name of 'Tretdeno') in Domesday Book. Slate was quarried here from approx 1305 to shortly before the Second World War: many of the quarries were on the coast and later others were opened in the Trebarwith valley to the south. One of the oldest is Lanterdan, recorded in 1493: Bagalow Quarry near Hole beach was an enterprise of Edgar Jeffray (early 19th century). A small copper mine also operated in the latter years of the 18th century. The acidic local soil was manured with beach sand from nearby Trebarwith Strand: the trade in sand led to road improvements in the early 19th century (the Trebarwith Strand to Condolden "Sanding Road").
Some buildings in the village display a marked Arts and Crafts influence, probably as a result of the work of architect Detmar Blow who is known to have worked on the Old Post Office in Tintagel for four years from 1896.[1]
Treknow has a village hall, a former small Chapel of the Holy Family (built in 1929)(now redeveloped for private use) and two small hotels.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Dyer (2005); pp. 343-52
[edit] Sources and bibliography
- "Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative report 'Treknow and Tregatta', 2004". Historic Cornwall. http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/treknow/CISI_Treknow_report.pdf.
- Canner, A. C. (1982) The Parish of Tintagel. Camelford: A. C. Canner
- Dyer, Peter (2005) Tintagel: a portrait of a parish. Cambridge: Cambridge Books. ISBN 0 9550097 0 7
[edit] External links
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