Rame, Wendron

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Rame
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Rame
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW727339
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRYN
Postcode district TR10
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50°09′44″N5°11′00″W / 50.1621°N 5.1833°W / 50.1621; -5.1833

Rame (Cornish : Hordh) is a small village approximately three miles west of Penryn and five miles northeast of Helston in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located on the A394 main road. [1]

The tenement of Rame has for generations been in the possession of the Williams family of Scorrier. [2]

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments were held in a field adjoining Halfway House farm. [3]

Rame Post Office and general store Rame Post Office and general store - geograph.org.uk - 366594.jpg
Rame Post Office and general store

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
  2. ↑ Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; p. 333
  3. ↑ Royal Cornwall Gazette, 14 August 1875.


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