Little Bosullow

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Little Bosullow
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Little Bosullow
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW416339
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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Cornwall
50°08′56″N5°37′05″W / 50.149°N 5.618°W / 50.149; -5.618 Coordinates: 50°08′56″N5°37′05″W / 50.149°N 5.618°W / 50.149; -5.618

Little Bosullow is a hamlet in the civil parish of Madron, Cornwall, England, UK. [1] [2] Great Bosullow is to the west, Bosullow is on the B3312 Madron to Morvah road and Bosullow Common is to the north.

History

The Bosullow Wesleyan Methodists Chapel at Little Bosullow was renovated at the end of 1878 and reopened on 12 January 1879. [3]

Great and Little Bosullow were put out to tender on 10 June 1880 for a term of seven or fourteen years from the next Michaelmas. The property consisted of a dwelling-house, outbuildings, 42 acres (17 ha) of arable and pasture land, 58 acres (23 ha) of enclosed crofts and the rights of common over 107 acres (43 ha). [4]

On 19 May 1882 the cornerstone for a new school was laid by Mr T R Bolitho of Pedndrea, Gulval. It held forty pupils. [5]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (St Ives & Lizard Point) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN   978-0-319-23289-7.
  2. Little Bosullow; Explore Britain
  3. "Madron". The Cornishman (27). 16 January 1879. p. 4.
  4. "Great and Little Bosullow". The Cornishman (101). 17 June 1880. p. 1.
  5. "Madron". The Cornishman (202 (192)). 25 May 1882. p. 4.