Hendra, Cornwall

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Hendra, Camelford
A Cornish hedge at Trehane Farm; the nearer farm is Hendra, in SX1388 Field boundary, Trehane - geograph.org.uk - 733154.jpg
A Cornish hedge at Trehane Farm; the nearer farm is Hendra, in SX1388
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Hendra Downs, Bolventor
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Hendra Tourist Park, Colan

Hendra is the name of eight hamlets in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Hendra derives from the Cornish "hendre", meaning "home farm". There are also places in Ladock, St Ives, St Just and St Teath called Hendra. [9] It could also mean "old farm". [10]

Hendra Cross

A stone wayside cross was found at Hendra Farm, Menheniot in the early 1960s. It had been buried upside down in the ground to form a gatepost. In 1991 the two separate pieces of the cross were repaired and erected on a new base near Hendra farmhouse. [11]

Another cross sometimes known as Hendra Cross is at a crossroads near Bossiney. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Hendra; Explore Britain
  2. ↑ Hendra; Explore Britain
  3. ↑ Hendra; Explore Britain
  4. ↑ Hendra; Explore Britain
  5. ↑ OS Explorer. Land's End. 102 (Map). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. ISBN   978 0 319 24304 6.
  6. ↑ Hendra; Explore Britain
  7. ↑ Hendra; Explore Britain
  8. ↑ Hendra; Explore Britain
  9. ↑ Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype; p. 41
  10. ↑ Pool, Peter A. S. (1985). The Place-Names of West Penwith (2nd ed.). Heamoor: Peter Pool. p. 53.
  11. ↑ Langdon, A. G. (2005) Stone Crosses in East Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; p. 49
  12. ↑ Langdon, A. G. (1896). Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard. pp. 98–9.
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