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Tregenna
Tregenna is a surname of Cornish origin. Recorded variations include Treganna, Tregona, Tregannah, Tregunna, Tregensoe, Tregensowe, Tregenza, and Tregenzo. The name is believed to have originated in the phrase ''tre-cenue'' (also ''tre-gonyow'' or ''tre-kensa''), meaning the first or foremost farm or homestead on the downs. Examples from the church registers of Cornwall date to at least as early as 1547. The name Tregenna may refer specifically to: * Tregenna Castle, an 18th-century castle in St Ives, Cornwall * Catherine Tregenna, a Welsh playwright, television scriptwriter and actress * SS ''Tregenna'', a Hain Line steamship launched in 1919 and sunk in 1940 * SS ''Tregenna'' (1880), a Hain Line steamship launched in 1880 * "Tregenna Afternoons", a song by English musician Anthony Phillips, released in 1978 on the album ''Private Parts & Pieces'' See also * Cornish surnames * Tregenza (other) * Thomas Tregenna Biddulph Thomas Tregenna Biddulph (1763–1838) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Tregenna
SS ''Tregenna'' was a cargo steamship that was launched in England in 1919 and sunk by a U-boat in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1940 with the loss of 33 of her 37 crew. She was laid down as ''War Bulldog'', but the Hain Steam Ship Co bought her before she was completed and renamed her ''Tregenna''. Building William Gray & Company built ''Tregenna'' at its shipyard in West Hartlepool. She was built to the Shipping Controller's First World War standard design B. She was launched on 1 May 1919 and completed that July. Gray's Central Marine Engineering Works in West Hartlepool built ''Tregenna''s three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine. It was rated at 517 NHP and gave her a speed of . Peacetime service In August 1921 ''Tregenna'' reported sighting the wreckage of a SNETA Farman Goliath aircraft that had ditched in the English Channel. On 7 August 1930 ''Tregenna'' ran aground at Alligator Pond, Jamaica. She was refloated on 10 August 1930 and returned to service. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Tregenna (1880)
SS ''Tregenna'' was a cargo steamship that was launched in England in 1919 and sunk by a U-boat in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1940 with the loss of 33 of her 37 crew. She was laid down as ''War Bulldog'', but the Hain Steam Ship Co bought her before she was completed and renamed her ''Tregenna''. Building William Gray & Company built ''Tregenna'' at its shipyard in West Hartlepool. She was built to the Shipping Controller's First World War standard design B. She was launched on 1 May 1919 and completed that July. Gray's Central Marine Engineering Works in West Hartlepool built ''Tregenna''s three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine. It was rated at 517 NHP and gave her a speed of . Peacetime service In August 1921 ''Tregenna'' reported sighting the wreckage of a SNETA Farman Goliath aircraft that had ditched in the English Channel. On 7 August 1930 ''Tregenna'' ran aground at Alligator Pond, Jamaica. She was refloated on 10 August 1930 and returned to service. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tregenna Castle
Tregenna Castle, ( kw, Kastel Tregenow, meaning "Kenow’s settlement") in St Ives, Cornwall, was built by Samuel Stephens in the 18th century and is named after the hill on which it stands. The estate was sold in 1871 and became a hotel, a purpose for which it is still used today. The castle is a Grade II Listed building. It is surrounded by of gardens and natural woodland, and has views along the coastline of Cornwall. History Tregenna Castle was built in 1774 by Samuel Stephens a member of an important local family. The architect was probably John Wood, the Younger. The building was extended in the 19th century. The estate was put up for sale by auction on 31 October 1871. The castle – "an imposing castellated edifice, very substantially built of granite" – at the time included three pairs of bedrooms on the upper floor and another bedroom on the ground floor; a school room; billiard room; WCs; and servants' quarters in the basement. The sale included the "park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tregenna Biddulph
Thomas Tregenna Biddulph (1763–1838) was an English cleric, a leading evangelical in the Bristol area. He particularly opposed the evangelical secession around George Baring (1781–1854), the "western Schism". Life He was the only son of the Rev. Thomas Biddulph by his first wife, Martha, daughter and coheir of Rev. John Tregenna, rector of Mawgan in Cornwall, and was born at Claines, Worcestershire, 5 July 1763; his father became in 1770 the vicar of Padstow in Cornwall. He was educated at Truro grammar school, and aged 17 matriculated at The Queen's College, Oxford (23 November 1780). He took his degrees of B.A. and M.A. in 1784 and 1787, respectively. Biddulph was ordained deacon by John Ross, Bishop of Exeter, 26 September 1785, was licensed to the curacy of Padstow, and preached his first sermon in its church. After holding numerous curacies he became the incumbent of Bengeworth near Evesham in 1793. He retained this living for ten years, but mostly resided in Bristol, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tregenza
Tregenza is a Cornish surname. It derives from Tregenza in the parish of Creed; Tregenza is formed from the elements "tre" (homestead) and "kensyth" (meaning unknown).Hanks, Patrick, et al. (2002) ''The Oxford Surnames Companion''. Oxford U P; p. 620 Tregenna, Tregensoe, Tregensowe, and Tregenzo are possibly related names. It may refer to: * Norman Tregenza, Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives * Robert Tregenza (born 1950), American cinematographer and film director * Rod Tregenza Rodney Donald "Rod" Tregenza (born 16 January 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer. Originally playing for the South Mandurah Football Club in the Peel Football League (PFL), Tregenza was a member of 's squad for their first season in ... (born 1979), Australian rules footballer * Sharon Tregenza, British children's author * Simon Tregenza (born 1971), Australian rules footballer Footnotes {{surname Cornish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Tregenna
Catherine Tregenna is a Welsh playwright, television screenwriter and actress. She has written episodes for ''EastEnders'', ''Casualty'' and for the first four series of ITV1 crime drama '' Law & Order: UK''. Career Tregenna began as an actress. She played the character Kirsty McGurk, for several years, in ''Pobol Y Cwm'' and a doctor in Satellite City. In 2001, she wrote the comedy play ''Art and Guff''. After, she transitioned back into television as a writer, co-writing the series ''Cowbois ac Injans'' and four episodes of the BBC's science fiction drama and ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''Torchwood'': " Out of Time", " Captain Jack Harkness", "Meat" and "Adam". As well as writing Meat, she also created the meat props shown in the episode. "Captain Jack Harkness" was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. In November 2014, it was confirmed that she would be writing an episode for the ninth series of ''Doctor Who'', "The Woman Who Lived". Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Parts & Pieces
''Private Parts & Pieces'' is the third studio album by English musician and composer Anthony Phillips. It was released in November 1978 by Passport Records in the United States, and in April 1979 by Arista Records in the United Kingdom. Unlike his previous two releases, the album is a collection of demos, out-takes, and previously unreleased material rather than an explicit attempt at a commercial album. ''Private Parts & Pieces'' received a limited edition with 5,000 copies sold as an accompaniment to his next studio release, '' Sides'' (1979). The success of the album's format inspired Phillips to continue with the series, and put out the second instalment, '' Private Parts & Pieces II: Back to the Pavilion'', in 1980. Background and recording In early 1978, Phillips secured a three-album record deal with Arista Records which allowed for the UK release of his second studio album ''Wise After the Event'' (1978) in May of that year. He then started work on his next album which t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hain Line
Sir Edward Hain, (26 December 1851 – 20 September 1917) was an English shipping magnate and politician from Cornwall, England. He represented St Ives as a Liberal Unionist from 1900 to 1904, and as a Liberal from 1904 to 1906. His shipping company, Hain Line, was sold to the recently merged Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and British-India Steam Navigation Company after his death. Personal life Edward Hain was the son of Edward Hain, a shipping magnate and the latest in a long line of shipowners from Cornwall. Hain was born at St Ives in December 1851 and received his education locally at Mr James Rowe's school, at Academy Steps, in Fore Street.Christian GuildTreloyhan Manor Hotel/ref> Hain did not originally intend to go into shipping. He went to London to work with a bank and then with a tea merchant. However, on his return to St Ives in 1878, his experience in the tea trade had convinced him that the family company should switch from sail to steam.P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornish People
The Cornish people or Cornish ( kw, Kernowyon, ang, Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall: and a recognised national minority in the United Kingdom, which can trace its roots to the ancient Britons who inhabited southern and central Great Britain before the Roman conquest. Many in Cornwall today continue to assert a distinct identity separate from or in addition to English or British identities. Cornish identity has been adopted by migrants into Cornwall, as well as by emigrant and descendant communities from Cornwall, the latter sometimes referred to as the Cornish diaspora. Although not included as an tick-box option in the UK census, the numbers of those writing in a Cornish ethnic and national identity are officially recognised and recorded. Throughout classical antiquity, the ancient Britons formed a series of tribes, cultures and identities in Great Britain; the Dumnonii and Cornovii were the Celtic tribes who inhabited what w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornish Surnames
Cornish is the adjective and demonym associated with Cornwall, the most southwesterly part of the United Kingdom. It may refer to: * Cornish language, a Brittonic Southwestern Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Cornwall * Cornish people ** Cornish Americans ** Cornish Australians ** Cornish Canadians ** Cornish diaspora * Culture of Cornwall Cornish may also refer to: Places United States * Cornish, Colorado * Cornish, Maine, a town ** Cornish (CDP), Maine, the primary village * Cornish, New Hampshire * Cornish, Oklahoma * Cornish, Utah * Cornish Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota * Cornish Township, Sibley County, Minnesota People * Cornish (surname) Animals and plants * Cornish Aromatic, apple cultivar * Cornish chicken * Cornish chough (''Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax''), a species in the family Corvidae * Cornish game hen * Cornish Rex, a breed of cat * Lucas Terrier, a Cornish breed of dog Sports * Cornish Wrestling, the ancient martial art, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
