Carrick , Hendra Tourist Park - geograph

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, England, United Kingdom. *Hendra,

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(, ) *Hendra,

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(, ) *Hendra, Grade-Ruan (, ) *Hendra, St Dennis (, ) * Hendra, near Catchall,

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(, ) *Hendra, Stithians (, ) *Hendra,

Wendron Wendron ( kw, Egloswendron (village), Pluw Wendron (parish); historically St. Wendron) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, to the north of Helston. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,743. The electora ...

(, ) *Hendra,

Withiel Withiel ( kw, Egloswydhyel) is a civil parish and village in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish of Withiel is between the parishes of St Breock, Lanivet, Roche and St Wenn. The name ''Withiel'' comes from the Cornish word ''Gwydhye ...

(, ) Hendra derives from the Cornish "hendre", meaning "home farm". There are also places in Ladock, St Ives, St Just and St Teath called Hendra. It could also mean "old farm".

Hendra Cross

A stone

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was found at Hendra Farm,

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in the early 1960s. It had been buried upside down in the ground to form a gatepost. In 1991 the two separate pieces of the cross were repaired and erected on a new base near Hendra farmhouse. Another cross sometimes known as Hendra Cross is at a crossroads near Bossiney. Langdon, A. G. (1896). ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard. pp. 98–9.

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