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Resugga Green
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Resugga Green
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SX027566
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district PL
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50°22′34″N4°46′34″W / 50.376°N 4.776°W / 50.376; -4.776 Coordinates: 50°22′34″N4°46′34″W / 50.376°N 4.776°W / 50.376; -4.776

Resugga Green is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is half a mile north of Penwithick Stents near St Austell. [1]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186. 1961.