Cusgarne
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Cusgarne
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 Cusgarne Community Primary School | |
  Cusgarne Location within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW758407 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode district | TR4 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
Cusgarne (Cornish: Kosgaran)[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, UK. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) from Truro and 5 miles (8.0 km) from Redruth.[2] It is in the civil parish of Gwennap
Cusgarne Community Primary School is in the centre of the village. It caters for children from the ages of 4–11 with the majority moving on to nearby Penryn College or either Richard Lander or Penair schools.[3]
The name Cusgarne comes from the Cornish language words koos, meaning 'wood', and garan, meaning 'heron' or 'crane'.[4]
References
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- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
- ^ Ofsted Report in PDF format[permanent dead link]
- ^ Akademi Kernewek place names - Kosgaran
External links
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Media related to Cusgarne at Wikimedia Commons
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