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Nansledan is a major new suburb of Newquay in Cornwall, England. Nansledan has been developed by the estate of the Duchy of Cornwall since 2013, with residents first occupying their homes in 2015. The development, officially described as 'an extension of Newquay', had the endorsement of King Charles III during his time as Duke of Cornwall. [1]
William Paget Hoblyn and three of his children in the 1860s. Fir Hill Manor is situated within the Fir Hill Woods, near Colan (not far from Newquay).The Hoblyns of Fir Hill and Drennick were descended from Robert Hoblyn – whose son married Judith Burgess, the heir and representative of Elizabeth Milliton – and Sir John Langdon Bonython. [4]
Godolphin House is a listed building, recorded at the highest designation, Grade I. [8] Three other structures on the estate, the stables, [9] the forecourt walls, [10] and a blowing house used for the smelting of tin are also listed at Grade I. [11] A number of buildings on the wider estate have Grade II listings: two sets of gates and gatepiers on the drive to the house, [12] [13] and some ...
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Menabilly (Cornish: Men Ebeli, meaning stone of colts) is a historic estate on the south coast of Cornwall, England, situated within the parish of Tywardreath [1] on the Gribben peninsula about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Fowey.
The prefix Tre-or Tref-is commonly found in Cornish and Welsh place names, denoting "hamlet, farmstead or estate", and dates from the 7th century Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. About 1,300 such place names survive in Cornwall west of the River Tamar, but 3 survive in
In the 1840s, Trewhiddle House was home to the entomologist and botanist Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe. In the late twentieth century the house became a restaurant (the 'Trewhiddle Inn') and the estate a tourist campsite. Both house and estate have now been sold to developers and a number of 'New England–style' holiday villas have now been ...
The Mount Edgcumbe House estate continues to be jointly owned by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council [5] and is one of South East Cornwall's most popular historic tourist attractions. The Country Park, on the Rame Peninsula , is the earliest landscaped grounds in Cornwall and is very popular with walkers: one can walk from the Cremyll ...