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St Agnes (Cornish mainland), St Agnes (Isles of Scilly), St Allen, St Ann's Chapel, St Anthony-in-Meneage, St Anthony in Roseland, St Austell, St Blazey, St Blazey Gate, St Breock, St Breward, St Buryan, St Cleer, St Clement, St Clether, St Columb Major, St Columb Minor, St Columb Road, St Day, St Dennis, St Dominick, St Endellion, St Enoder ...
The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough (/ ˈ tʃ ʌ f / CHUF; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from the western coasts of Ireland and Britain east through southern Europe and North Africa to Central ...
Supporters: On either side a Cornish chough proper [beaked and legged gules], [2] supporting an ostrich feather Argent, penned Or. Motto: Houmont [1] (or Houmout). [3] [4] [5] The shield is ensigned with the Heir Apparent's coronet. [6] The supporters were granted by Royal Warrant of 21 June 1968. [1] Council
The chough (Cornish: palores) is also used as a symbol of Cornwall. In Cornish poetry the chough is used to symbolise the spirit of Cornwall. [clarification needed] Also there is a Cornish belief that King Arthur lives in the form of a chough. "Chough" was also used as a nickname for Cornish people. [clarification needed]
Operation Chough (Cornish: An Ragdres Palores) is a conservationist project which aims to create a viable population of red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) in Cornwall. This bird is widely considered a symbol of the county and its people and was once commonly seen throughout Cornish landscapes. In spite of this close association, the ...
The hoard is now distributed in private collections and between museums in Camborne and Truro. [4] [5] A granite clapper bridge of unknown antiquity is south-west of the village in the Roseworthy valley, as is the site of a post-medieval corn mill which was named on a tithe map from 1725. [6] [7]
Penarth (Cornish - penn ors, bear head) - Argent, a chevron between three bears' heads erased Sable muzzled Or. Penwyn (Cornish - penn gwynn, white head) - Gules, three boars' heads erased in pale Argent; Penberthy (Cornish - penn perthy, head bushes) - Argent, two choughs heads above a gorse bush proper. Gwyn (Cornish - gwynn, white) - Per ...
Troon (Cornish: Trewoon) [1] is a village in Cornwall, UK, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.5 kilometres) southeast of Camborne. The village lies at around 560 feet (170 m) above sea level. [2] [3] An electoral ward named Troon and Beacon covers the area north from Troon to the outskirts of Camborne. The population at the 2011 census was 5,410. [4] New ...