''For people with the surname, see Trethewey (surname).'' Coastguard base at Little Trethewey - geograph

Trethewey ( kw, Tredhewi) is a hamlet 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, United Kingdom. It forms part of

St Levan St Levan ( kw, Selevan) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is rural with a number of hamlets of varying size with Porthcurno probably being the best known. Hewn out of the cliff at Minack Point and overlooking the ...

civil parish.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' The village includes a Wesleyan chapel and schoolroom, built in 1868. Trethewey lies within the

Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty The Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers in Cornwall, England, UK; that is, about 27% of the total area of the county. It comprises 12 separate areas, designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 for s ...

(AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. The first records of the name may be preserved in the "Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office (1904) "which contains a probate inquiry as to the birthdate of 11 September 1296 and the birthplace of ''Treguwal'' of Roger Bloyou, although it may be the name of a different or extinct village.Pool, P. A. S. (1985) ''The Place–names of West Penwith''. Heamoor: P. A. S. Pool.

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Hamlets in Cornwall {{Penwith-geo-stub