Rosewarne
Rosewarne (Cornish: Roswern) is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, near Reawla. The name of the hamlet comes from the Cornish language Roswern, containing the elements ros, meaning 'hill-spur', and gwern, meaning 'alder marsh'.[1]
Rosewarne
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  Rosewarne Location within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW648407 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Rosewarne (Cornish: Resuhorn) is also the name of an area north of Camborne, which is one of two sites of an agricultural college run by the Duchy College Rural Business School.[2][3]
Notable people
- James Trevenen (1760 – 1790), an officer in the Royal Navy and the Imperial Russian Navy, was born at Rosewarne.
References
- Akademi Kernewek place names - Roswern
- "Duchy College Rosewarne". Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
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