Perranuthnoe
Perranuthnoe | |
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Perranuthnoe church and village | |
Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SW541292 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Penzance |
Postcode district | TR20 |
Dialling code | 01736 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Perranuthnoe (
Perranuthnoe village and smaller settlements to the south of the A394 lie within the
History
The first historical mention of Perranuthnoe can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Odenol. By 1235 this had become Hutheno, and was recorded as Udno in 1308 and 1373. Finally taking the form Uthnoe-veor in 1839. There is still a farm in the village called Ednoe-vean.
The parish church is first mentioned in 1348, by which time
During the 18th and 19th century the landscape surrounding the village supported a number of tin and copper mines the last of which closed in 1900.
The barque Saluto was wrecked at Cudden Point, Perranuthnoe, in December 1911.[6]
Acton Castle
References
- ^ Pointon, G. E. (ed.) BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names; 2nd ed. 1983 Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 192
- ^ "Parish population 2011 census". Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- ^ "Perranuthnoe Church History". Perranuthnoe village website. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ "Perranuthnoe". The Cornishman. No. 142. 31 March 1881. p. 5.
- ^ Leonard, Alan (2008), "Profiting from Shipwrecks", Picture Postcard Annual: 14–16