Trenant, Cornwall

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Trenant
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SX211685
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district PL
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50°29′20″N4°31′24″W / 50.489°N 4.5233°W / 50.489; -4.5233 Coordinates: 50°29′20″N4°31′24″W / 50.489°N 4.5233°W / 50.489; -4.5233

Trenant is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Neot. [1] [2] There was formerly a Bible Christian chapel in Trenant. [3]

There are also places called Trenant in the parishes of Egloshayle (near Wadebridge) and Fowey.

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Great Paxton Human settlement in England

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River Kym

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St Neots Town F.C. Association football club in England

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Eltisley Human settlement in England

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References

  1. Weatherhill, Craig (2009). A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype. ISBN   9781904808220' p. 73
  2. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of England & Wales; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186. 1946
  3. St Neot; GenUKI