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Trevescan

Coordinates: 50°03′50″N 5°41′42″W / 50.064°N 5.695°W / 50.064; -5.695
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50°03′50″N 5°41′42″W / 50.064°N 5.695°W / 50.064; -5.695

The Little Barn Café, Trevescan

Trevescan is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated between the village of Sennen and the settlement at Land's End 8 miles (13 km) west of Penzance.[1]

The name is Cornish and means tre (hamlet) + personal name Bescan which means "little short one".[2]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  2. ^ Reaney, P. H. The Origins of English Place-Names (1980 ed.). Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 67.

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