Tredinnick is a
Cornish surname. It derives from one of the places called Tredinnick; Tredinnick is formed from the elements "
tre-" (homestead) and either "dynek" (fortified), "eythynek" (overgrown with gorse) or "redynek" (overgrown with bracken).
People
Notable people with the surname include:
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Alf Tredinnick, Australian rules footballer
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David Tredinnick (actor), Australian actor
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David Tredinnick (politician)
David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick (born 19 January 1950) is a British Conservative former Member of Parliament who represented Bosworth in Leicestershire from 1987 to 2019.
He is an advocate of alternative medicine, and was chairman of the All ...
(born 1950), British politician
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Mark Tredinnick
Mark Tredinnick (born 1962) is an Australian poet, essayist and teacher. Winner of the Montreal International Poetry Prize in 2011 and the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 2012. He is the author of thirteen books, including four vo ...
(born 1962), Australian poet and writer
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Miles Tredinnick
Miles Tredinnick, also known as Riff Regan, (born Warrington 18 February 1955) is a rock musician, songwriter and a stage and screenwriter. In the 1970s, he was the lead singer with the British rock band London.Spicer, Al, (2006) ''The Rough Gui ...
(born 1955), English musician, and stage and screenwriter
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Noël Tredinnick (born 1949), English organist and composer
Settlements
Places in Cornwall called Tredinnick or Tredinneck:
Craig Weatherhill
Craig Weatherhill (1950 or 1951 – 18 or 19 July 2020) was a Cornish antiquarian, novelist and writer on the history, archaeology, place names and mythology of Cornwall.
Weatherhill attended school in Falmouth, where his parents ran a sports ...
(2009) ''A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names''. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype ; p. 68 Tredinneck (Madron); Tredinnick (Duloe, Landrake, Lanhydrock, Luxulyan, Morval, Newlyn East, Probus, St Issey, St Keverne, St Mabyn and St Neot)
See also
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John Tredeneck (died 1566), English politician
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Nick Tredennick, microprocessor designer
Footnotes
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Cornish-language surnames