Crowntown

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Crowntown
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Post office at the Crown Inn, Crowntown
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Crowntown
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW636308
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Helston
Postcode district TR13 0
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°07′48″N5°18′32″W / 50.130°N 5.309°W / 50.130; -5.309

Crowntown (Cornish : Tregurun) is a hamlet on the B3303 road south of Nancegollan in west Cornwall, England. [1] [2] It is in the civil parish of Sithney.

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, have been held in Crowntown for centuries, [3] [4] for example at the Crown Inn. [5]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN   978-0-319-23289-7.
  2. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  3. Royal Cornwall Gazette, 8 October 1868.
  4. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 28 May 1987.
  5. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 19 August 1999.