Bohortha

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Bohortha
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Bohortha
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW8632
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Truro
Postcode district TR2
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50°09′07″N4°59′42″W / 50.1519°N 4.9949°W / 50.1519; -4.9949 Coordinates: 50°09′07″N4°59′42″W / 50.1519°N 4.9949°W / 50.1519; -4.9949

Bohortha is a coastal village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the east side of the Roseland Peninsula two miles south of Portscatho. [1] It is in the civil parish of Gerrans.

Cornwall County of England

Cornwall is a ceremonial county in South West England, bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by Devon, the River Tamar forming the border between them. Cornwall is the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The southwesternmost point is Land's End and the southernmost Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of 563,600 and an area of 3,563 km2 (1,376 sq mi). The county has been administered since 2009 by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council. The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly, which are administered separately. The administrative centre of Cornwall is Truro, its only city.

Roseland Peninsula peninsula in Cornwall, England

The Roseland Peninsula, or just Roseland, is a district of west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Roseland is located in the south of the county and contains the town of St Mawes and villages such as St Just and Gerrans. It is a peninsula, separated from the remainder of Cornwall by the River Fal.

Portscatho village in United Kingdom

Portscatho is a coastal village on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village adjoins Gerrans on the east side of the peninsula, about seven miles (11 km) south-southeast of Truro.

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Bohortha lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

The Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers 958 square kilometres (370 sq mi) 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 special landscape protection. Of the areas, eleven cover stretches of coastline; the twelfth is Bodmin Moor. The areas are together treated as a single Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

History

It was formerly known as "St. Anthony" village but has become known as Bohortha after one of the farmsteads that existed there up until the 1970s, the others being Manor Farm and Bohurrow Farm, both of which, as Bohortha, are represented by farmhouses within the village. All 3 plus Porth Farm near Towan Beach and Place Barton above the nearby Place Manor are now combined and farmed as one.

There once existed an alehouse or hotel named "The Pig & Whistle" some centuries ago. "The Old School House" down the road was the primary school for the children in & around St. Anthony's Head up until the first few decades of the 20th century.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN   978-0-319-23149-4

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