Bolenowe ( kw, Boslenow, meaning ''dwelling of strip-fields'') is a village in west

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, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately one-and-a-half miles (2 km) southeast of

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 formerl ...

(where the 2011 Census population is included). It consists of cottages that are spread apart by large gardens, the only amenities are a

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and a red

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that has now been decommissioned.

History

The first record of the name was Boslaynou in 1321. A Hamelinus Bolyneu was named as one of three taxatores for the parish of Camborne in a Lay Subsidy roll of 1327. During the 16th century the occupiers of Bolenowe were titled ''tirek'', which in the Cornish language means ''landed'' or ''rich in land''. The Bolenowe estate may have extended to 100 Cornish acres. Bolenowe was known for producing

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at this time. In the 19th and 20th centuries Bolenowe had two shops, an unlicensed pub, called a ''kidleywink'', and two chapels. Historian Charles Thomas has identified an area called No Man's Land near Bolenowe as an area of land left unused, perhaps since Neolithic times, as an act of sacrifice to a spirit called a Bucca and notes that there was a belief that the Bucca still haunted the moors on Bolenowe Carn into the 19th century when John Harris was growing up there. Bolenowe - geograph

Areas

As well as the main settlement of Bolenowe there are several other surrounding farms and notable features which use the name Bolenowe. *Bolenowe Wartha (Higher Bolenowe), also known as Six Chimneys,Ordnance Survey is where John Harris was born and grew up. *Bolenowe Wollas (Lower Bolenowe) is where the current village of Bolenowe is situated. *Bolenowe Carn is the rocky hill situated behind Bolenowe. *Bolenowe Moor is a marshy area at the bottom of the valley and is the source for the Red River. *Bolenowe Crofts

Mines and quarries

There are several former stone quarries at Bolenowe including an

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quarry. Bolenowe was the site of Bolenowe Carn Mine, also to the North Bolenowe Mine (South Wheal Grenville). West Tresavean Mine was further to the west and South of the nearby village of Troon. Both mines were on a sett plan held at Pendarves House until recently.

Notable residents

It is famous as the birthplace of the poet John Harris winner of the Shakespeare Tercentenary Prize in 1864.

References

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