Tolcarne

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Tolcarne (Cornish : Talkarn)^[1] is the name of a number of places in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The name Tolcarne is derived from Cornish Talkarn i.e. "hill-brow tor".^[2] A carn is a pile of stones (usually natural) and is the same as tor in Devon.

Talkarn is the old name of Minster (grid reference SX110904 ) near Boscastle.

Places named Tolcarne include,

part of Newlyn on the east side of the Newlyn River (grid reference SW462290 ) and formerly a separate hamlet in the civil parish of Madron.^[3]
A hamlet south of Camborne near Troon (grid reference SW655387 ).^[4]
A hamlet in the parish and village of St Day (grid reference SW725421 ).^[4]
Tolcarne (grid reference SW826513 ) and Lower Tolcarne (grid reference SW828509 ) in the parish of St Allen.^[4]
A farm near Porkellis in the parish of Wendron (grid reference SW683348 ).
Tolcarne Wartha (grid reference SW686352 ) and Little Tolcarne (grid reference SW685355 ). Wartha is higher in Cornish.
Tolcarne (grid reference SW846382 ) and Tolcarne Wood (grid reference SW842386 ) in the parish of St Just-in-Roseland (grid reference SW846382 ).^[5]
Tolcarne Point and Tolcarne Beach, Newquay (grid reference SW8162 ).^[6]
Tolcarne (grid reference SX249783 ) and Tolcarne Tor (grid reference SX250786 ) are north-west of North Hill and Trebartha.^[7] Tolcarne near Trebartha was a manor recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) when it belonged to Tavistock Abbey. It was one of several manors held from the abbey by Ermenhald. There was land for 1 plough; there were 2 smallholders who had 2 oxen and one acre of pasture. The value of the manor was 5 shillings.^[8]

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References

↑ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
↑ Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 66
↑ Cooke, Ian McNeil (2001). Crosses and Churchway Paths in the Land's End Peninsula, West Cornwall. Parishes of Paul & Sancreed. Bosullow: Men-an-Tol Studio. p. 9.
1 2 3 OS Explorer Map. Redruth and St Agnes (Map) (B2 ed.). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 978 0 319 24034 2.
↑ OS Explorer 105. Falmouth & Mevagissey. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978 0 319 24307 7.
↑ OS Explorer 106. Newquay & Padstow (B3 ed.). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 978 0 319 24016 8.
↑ OS Explorer 109. Bodmin Moor (Map). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978 0 319 24311 4.
↑ Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 3,6

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[1] Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.

[2] Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 66

[3] Cooke, Ian McNeil (2001). Crosses and Churchway Paths in the Land's End Peninsula, West Cornwall. Parishes of Paul & Sancreed. Bosullow: Men-an-Tol Studio. p. 9.

[os104-4] 1 2 3 OS Explorer Map. Redruth and St Agnes (Map) (B2 ed.). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 978 0 319 24034 2.

[5] OS Explorer 105. Falmouth & Mevagissey. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978 0 319 24307 7.

[6] OS Explorer 106. Newquay & Padstow (B3 ed.). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 978 0 319 24016 8.

[7] OS Explorer 109. Bodmin Moor (Map). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978 0 319 24311 4.

[8] Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 3,6

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