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Trevenson
Trevenson ( kw, Trevensyn) is in the civil parish, parish of Carn Brea, Redruth, Carn Brea, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Trevenson House Trevenson House was built in 1797 for Thomas Kevill, a steward of the Tehidy estate and replaced an earlier house on the site. Trevenson House is a Listed building, Grade II listed building. Further information regarding the history can be founhere It is now part oiCT4 Limitedbeing ruas serviced offices and conferencing facilitiesfor the community. Trevenson Chapel Tevenson Chapel was built in 1806–09 as a Church of England chapel-of-ease in the parish of Illogan. The chapel has a thin castellated west tower; the pointed windows are of granite with cast iron tracery. This tracery has been replaced with modern replicas. Education The area is home to Cornwall College (England), Cornwall College, an A level centre and Pool School. Trevenson used to be home to the Camborne School of Mines betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevenson House After Refurbishment 2018
Trevenson ( kw, Trevensyn) is in the civil parish, parish of Carn Brea, Redruth, Carn Brea, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Trevenson House Trevenson House was built in 1797 for Thomas Kevill, a steward of the Tehidy estate and replaced an earlier house on the site. Trevenson House is a Listed building, Grade II listed building. Further information regarding the history can be founhere It is now part oiCT4 Limitedbeing ruas serviced offices and conferencing facilitiesfor the community. Trevenson Chapel Tevenson Chapel was built in 1806–09 as a Church of England chapel-of-ease in the parish of Illogan. The chapel has a thin castellated west tower; the pointed windows are of granite with cast iron tracery. This tracery has been replaced with modern replicas. Education The area is home to Cornwall College (England), Cornwall College, an A level centre and Pool School. Trevenson used to be home to the Camborne School of Mines betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevenson
Trevenson ( kw, Trevensyn) is in the civil parish, parish of Carn Brea, Redruth, Carn Brea, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Trevenson House Trevenson House was built in 1797 for Thomas Kevill, a steward of the Tehidy estate and replaced an earlier house on the site. Trevenson House is a Listed building, Grade II listed building. Further information regarding the history can be founhere It is now part oiCT4 Limitedbeing ruas serviced offices and conferencing facilitiesfor the community. Trevenson Chapel Tevenson Chapel was built in 1806–09 as a Church of England chapel-of-ease in the parish of Illogan. The chapel has a thin castellated west tower; the pointed windows are of granite with cast iron tracery. This tracery has been replaced with modern replicas. Education The area is home to Cornwall College (England), Cornwall College, an A level centre and Pool School. Trevenson used to be home to the Camborne School of Mines betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevenson Chapel - Geograph
Trevenson ( kw, Trevensyn) is in the parish of Carn Brea, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Trevenson House Trevenson House was built in 1797 for Thomas Kevill, a steward of the Tehidy estate and replaced an earlier house on the site. Trevenson House is a Grade II listed building. Further information regarding the history can be founhere It is now part oiCT4 Limitedbeing ruas serviced offices and conferencing facilitiesfor the community. Trevenson Chapel Tevenson Chapel was built in 1806–09 as a Church of England chapel-of-ease in the parish of Illogan. The chapel has a thin castellated west tower; the pointed windows are of granite with cast iron tracery. This tracery has been replaced with modern replicas. Education The area is home to Cornwall College, an A level centre and Pool School. Trevenson used to be home to the Camborne School of Mines between 1970 and 2004. It has since moved to a new campus in Penryn called T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camborne
Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. Camborne was formerly one of the richest tin mining areas in the world and home to the Camborne School of Mines. Toponymy Craig Weatherhill explains Camborne thus: "''Cambron'' c. 1100 - 1816) Cambron, ?'crook-hill')" Kammbronn is Cornish for 'crooked hill'. The word 'kamm', crooked, is the same in the Breton language, and the Welsh, Gaelic and Irish Gaelic word is 'cam'. 'Hill' in Welsh is 'bryn'. Geography Camborne is in the western part of the largest urban and industrial area in Cornwall with the town of Redruth east. It is the ecclesiastical centre of a large civil parish and has a town council. Camborne-Redruth is on the northern side of the Carn Brea/ Carnmenellis granite upland which slopes northwards to the sea. The two towns are linked by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camborne School Of Mines
The Camborne School of Mines ( kw, Scoll Balow Cambron), commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment. It has undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree programmes within the Earth resources, civil engineering and environmental sectors. CSM is located at the Penryn Campus, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. The school merged with the University of Exeter in 1993. Reputation The Camborne School of Mines has an international reputation in mining, tunnelling, mineralogy, mineral economics, geology, geophysics and geochemistry. CSM's international reputation dates back to the 19th century when with new deposits found around the world CSM graduates began to seek employment overseas and by the 20th century, graduates were in most of the world's major mining areas such as Southern Africa, Western Africa, Malaysia, Australia, South America, Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illogan
Illogan (pronounced ''il'luggan'', kw, Egloshalow) is a village and civil parish in west Cornwall, UK, two miles (3 km) northwest of Redruth. The population of Illogan was 5,404 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also includes Carn Brea, Illogan and several satellite villages, stood at 55,400 making it the largest conurbation in Cornwall. Originally a rural area supporting itself by farming and agriculture, Illogan shared in the general leap into prosperity brought about by the mining boom, which was experienced by the whole Camborne-Redruth area. History Antiquities In 1931 the ruins of a Roman villa at Magor Farm were found by Nicholas Warren and excavated under the guidance of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. The villa was probably the residence of a wealthy Dumnonian who had adopted the Roman lifestyle. Church The Church of England parish church was dedicated to St Illogan (Ylloganus or Euluganus) and St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornish Wrestling
Cornish wrestling ( kw, Omdowl Kernewek) is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is similar to the Breton Gouren wrestling style. It is colloquially known as "wrasslin’"Phillipps, K C: ''Westcountry Words & Ways'', David & Charles (Publishers) Limited 1976, p99.''Cornish culture steps into the spotlight'', The Western Morning News, 14 August 2006. in the Cornish dialect of English; historically, this usage is attested by Chaucer, Chaucer, Geoffrey: ''The Canterbury Tales'', The Knightes Tale, The Reeves Tale, the Tale of Gamelyn, The Tale of Sir Thopas, etc, 1387-1400 Shakespeare Shakespeare, William: ''As you like it'', Act III, Scene II, 1599 and Drayton. Drayton, Michael: ''Poly-Olbion'', 1612, i, 244 The referee is known as a 'stickler',James, Nicholas:''Poems on several occasions, Wrestling'', Andrew Brice (Truro) 1742, p21-40. and it is claimed that the popular meaning of the word as a 'pedant' originat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tremough
Penryn Campus (formerly Tremough Campus, Cornwall Campus and similar names) is a university campus in Penryn, Cornwall, England, UK. The campus is occupied by two university institutions: Falmouth University and the University of Exeter, with the shared buildings, facilities and services provided by Falmouth Exeter Plus. Located on a site bought in 1998, the campus was developed via the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) scheme with finance from the EU and the UK Government and was opened in 2004. History The site was a convent school for the local community which was bought in 1998 by Falmouth College of Arts, as it was then known. Tremough Convent School educated girls aged 3–18 and closed 31 July 1998. The Universities of Exeter and Plymouth both expressed an interest in the project. The University of Plymouth later withdrew, leaving University of Exeter in partnership with Falmouth University: the site is held on a 125-year lease. The campus was developed as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penryn, Cornwall
Penryn (; kw, Pennrynn, meaning 'promontory') is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the Penryn River about northwest of Falmouth. The population was 7,166 in the 2001 census and had been reduced to 6,812 in the 2011 census, a drop of more than 300 people across the ten-year time gap. There are two electoral wards covering Penryn: 'Penryn East and Mylor' and 'Penryn West'. The total population of both wards in the 2011 census was 9,790. Though now the town is overshadowed by the larger nearby town of Falmouth, Penryn was once an important harbour in its own right, lading granite and tin to be shipped to other parts of the country and world during the medieval period. History Early history The ancient town first appears in the Domesday Book under the name of "Trelivel", and was since founded and named Penryn in 1216 by the Bishop of Exeter. The borough was enfranchised and its Charter of Incorporation was made in 1236. The content ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall College (England)
The Cornwall College Group (TCCG; kw, Kolji Kernow) is a further education college situated on eight sites throughout Cornwall and Devon, England, United Kingdom, with its headquarters in St Austell. Campuses There are eight campuses within the Cornwall College group, at Camborne, Newquay, Sisna Park, St Austell, Duchy College, Rosewarne and Stoke Climsland, Bicton College and Falmouth Marine School. Since 2000 Newquay Zoo has provided teaching input and practical opportunities for FE and HE students enrolled at the adjacent Newquay Centre for Applied Zoology Cornwall College Newquay on zoological conservation, education and media courses. The campus is based next to Newquay Zoo. This unusual and innovative partnership project was recognised by a BIAZA zoo education award in 2003 and 2016. Courses With more than 15,000 learners each year, The Cornwall College Group is the South West's top performing college for apprenticeships. It offers in excess of 2,000 technical and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehidy
Tehidy Country Park is a country park in Illogan in Cornwall, England which incorporates of the parkland and estate around Tehidy House, a former manor house of the Tehidy manor . The park's facilities include an events field, barbecue hire facilities in a specially designated woodland, outdoor education facilities, a permanent orienteering course and a schools and youth campsite. The manor was a seat for many centuries of the junior branch of the Basset family which gained much wealth from local tin mining. The estate and house were purchased by Cornwall County Council in 1983 and the country park is one of four in Cornwall. House Recorded as 'Tehidin' in the 12th & 13th centuries, its name is derived from the Cornish language 'ti', a house, and a personal name. The Basset family owned the estate from Norman times. They acquired the manor of Tehidy in the mid-12th century when William Basset married Cecilia, heiress of the House of de Dunstanville. By 1330, William Basset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland. The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The statutory term in Ireland is " protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency, particularly for significant alterations to the more notable listed buildings. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to a listed building which involves any element of demolition. Exemption from secular listed building control is provided for some buildings in current use for worship, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
