Burncoose
Burncoose is a hamlet near Gwennap in west Cornwall, England; Burncoose lies on the A393 road, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Redruth.[1][2] It was first recorded in 1277 as Burncoys, an anglicized name from the Cornish Broncoos, meaning "wood hill".[3]
Burncoose
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 Camborne Redruth Community Hospital, Burncoose | |
  Burncoose Location within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW741395 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | REDRUTH |
| Postcode district | TR16 |
| Dialling code | 01872 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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See also
- Williams family of Caerhays and Burncoose
References
- Google (8 January 2016). "Burncoose" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
- Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 26
Further reading
- Burncoose Gardens: a garden oasis in the minewastes of Cornwall; by F. J. Williams C.B.E., Arnold Dance, David Knuckey.
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