Valley Truckle

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Valley Truckle
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The B3266 road approaching Valley Truckle from the south
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Valley Truckle
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SX099827
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°36′47″N4°41′17″W / 50.613°N 4.688°W / 50.613; -4.688

Valley Truckle is a hamlet on the A39 road south of Camelford in Cornwall, England. [1] Its name probably derives from a corruption of Cornish "Vellan draeth" (i.e. fulling mill). This was suggested by Charles Henderson. [2]

References

  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186. 1961
  2. Atkinson, W. J. C. (1935) A Rambler's Guide to Tintagel and Camelford; 2nd ed. Boscastle: [the Author]; p. 83