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Penstraze
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Penstraze
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50°16′26″N5°08′49″W / 50.274°N 5.147°W / 50.274; -5.147

Penstraze is a hamlet north of Chacewater in west Cornwall, England. [1]

Cornish wrestling

There were Cornish wrestling tournaments in little Penstraze, for prizes. [2]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN   978-0-319-23290-3.
  2. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 30 July 1992.