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Seworgan
Seworgan ( kw, Res Wodhgen, meaning ''Goethgen's ford'') is a village in the parish of Constantine in west Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ..., England, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190''. 1961 References Villages in Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine, Kerrier
Constantine () ( kw, Lann Gostentin, meaning ''church enclosure of St Constantine'') is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately five miles (8 km) west-southwest of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth. The electoral ward also bears the same name but includes Budock Water and the surrounding area. At the 2011 census, the population of the ward was 4,709 and the population of the civil parish was 1,789. The parish of Constantine is bounded by the parishes of Mabe, Cornwall, Mabe, Mawnan, Gweek, Wendron and the north bank of the Helford River. Constantine is named after Constantine (British saint), Saint Constantine, a 6th-century Cornish saint possibly identified with a minor British Constantine (Briton), king Constantine. History In pre-historic times, a fogou was constructed near Trewardreva: its purpose is unknown. The ancient name of Constantine, "Langostentyn", implies that the settlement was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Converted Chapel At Seworgan - Geograph
Conversion or convert may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * "Conversion" (''Doctor Who'' audio), an episode of the audio drama ''Cyberman'' * "Conversion" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of the television series * "The Conversion" (''The Outer Limits''), a 1995 episode of the television series Business and marketing * Conversion funnel, the path a consumer takes through the web toward or near a desired action or conversion * Conversion marketing, when a website's visitors take a desired action * Converting timber to commercial lumber Computing, science, and technology * Conversion of units, conversion between different units of measurement Computing and telecommunication * CHS conversion of data storage, mapping cylinder/head/sector tuples to linear base address * CPS conversion, in computer science, changing the form of continuation-passing * Code conversion, in telecommunication, converting from one code to another * convert (command), a command-line utility in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weatherhill, Craig
Craig Weatherhill (1950 or 1951 – 18 or 19 July 2020) was a Cornish antiquarian, novelist and writer on the history, archaeology, place names and mythology of Cornwall. Weatherhill attended school in Falmouth, where his parents ran a sports shop. He played football for a number of local clubs, including Mawnan, and played as goalkeeper for the county football team. Between 1972 and 1974, Weatherhill served with the RAF, training as a cartographer. He was discharged after a serious back injury. He worked as a planning officer, architectural designer and historic conservation expert in local government and private practice. Under the tutelage of historian P.A.S. Pool he conducted archaeological surveys of West Cornwall. Weatherhill was also a Conservation Officer at Penwith District Council. He contributed to the BBC's Radyo Kernow, in particular to the series ''The Tinners' Way'' and ''Beachcombers''. In 1981 Weatherhill was made a Bard of Gorsedh Kernow for services to Corn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, with the River Tamar forming the border between them. Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The southwesternmost point is Land's End and the southernmost Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of and an area of . The county has been administered since 2009 by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council. The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly, which are administered separately. The administrative centre of Cornwall is Truro, its only city. Cornwall was formerly a Brythonic kingdom and subsequently a royal duchy. It is the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish dias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
