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Tresillian Family Care Centres
:''see also Tresillian House (other), Tresillian House'' Tresillian ( kw, Tresulyan) is a small village in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) east of Truro on the A390 road, A390 road. Tresillian means "a place of eels" in the Cornish language, according to a 19th-century writer. However, modern toponymists agree that the name in fact translates as "farm/settlement of a man called Sulyen" (a Celtic personal name from British: sulo-genos, "sun-born"). History Tresillian was the home of Robert Tresilian, Chief Justice of the King's Bench between 1381 and 1387. A famous event of the English Civil War took place here in 1646. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax sent a ''summons of surrender'' to Ralph Hopton who replied on 8 March that he was willing to negotiate terms. Fairfax agreed to negotiate and on 10 March 1646 both sides met at Tresillian Bridge. Hopton agreed to move his army to St Allen as a gesture of tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tresillian House (other)
Tresillian House may refer to: *Tresillian House, St Newlyn East Tresillian House is a country house near St Newlyn East, off the A3058 road, Cornwall, England. It was registered as a Grade II listed building on 30 May 1967. It is most associated with the Bennet family historically; John Bennet, Curate of Anto ..., Cornwall, England * Tresilian House, Vale of Glamorgan, in Tresilian Bay, Wales {{Dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
