Rose-an-Grouse is a hamlet in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
St Erth
St Erth ( kw, Lannudhno) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England.
St Erth takes its name from Saint Erc, one of the many Irish saints who brought Christianity to Cornwall during the Dark Ages, and is at the old crossing point of t ...
in west
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, England. It is on the
A30 road
The A30 is a major road in England, running WSW from London to Land's End.
The road has been a principal axis in Britain from the 17th century to early 19th century, as a major coaching route. It used to provide the fastest route from Londo ...
, east of
Canon's Town, and
St Erth railway station
St Erth railway station is a Grade II listed station situated at Rose-an-Grouse in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It serves the nearby village of St Erth, which is about away, and is the junction for the St Ives Bay Line to St Ives. The station ...
is on the southern side of the hamlet.
Toponymy
In 1375 it was recorded as ''Resincrous'' which means ford of the cross in
Cornish. Other spellings since then include ''Reysangrous'' (1520), ''Roseangrowes'' (1659), ''Roseangrowse'' (1725) and ''Rosangrows'' (1755). In 1882 the parish of
Ludgvan
Ludgvan ( ; kw, Lujuan) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance. Ludgvan village is split between Churchtown, on the hill, and Lower Quarter to the east, adjoining Crowlas. For the purposes of local go ...
was served a
Bill of Indictment
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for the non-repair of the highway between
Long Rock
Long Rock ( kw, Carrek Hyr) is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately east of Penzance and west of Marazion in the civil parish of Ludgvan. The village is named after the tidal Long Rock just offshore at . Lo ...
and Rous-an-Crous.
References
Hamlets in Cornwall
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