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'''Tremar Coombe''' is a small hamlet in [[Cornwall]], and is found three miles north of [[Liskeard]]. It is in a little cluster with [[Tremar]] itself, and [[St Cleer]] to the west. [[Darite]] is a hamlet found immediately to the north. | '''Tremar Coombe''' is a small hamlet in [[Cornwall]], and is found three miles north of [[Liskeard]]. It is in a little cluster with [[Tremar]] itself, and [[St Cleer]] to the west. [[Darite]] is a hamlet found immediately to the north. | ||
The name 'Tremar' is from the Cornish ''Trevargh'', which means "Mark's farm". It is considered an "industrial settlement" in that it was largely constructed during the mid-nineteenth century to accommodate workers at nearby mines and quarries and their families.<ref>[http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/tremar_coombe/tremar_coombe.htm Tremar Coombe profile at the Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative website]</ref> The suffix coombe is the Old English ''cumb'', a narrow valley or deep hollow (though a word from the British language of which Cornish | The name 'Tremar' is from the Cornish ''Trevargh'', which means "Mark's farm". It is considered an "industrial settlement" in that it was largely constructed during the mid-nineteenth century to accommodate workers at nearby mines and quarries and their families.<ref>[http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/tremar_coombe/tremar_coombe.htm Tremar Coombe profile at the Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative website]</ref> The suffix coombe is the Old English ''cumb'', a narrow valley or deep hollow (though a word from the British language of which Cornish descends).<ref>[http://www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/coombe dictionary reference]</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:00, 31 May 2016
Tremar Coombe is a small hamlet in Cornwall, and is found three miles north of Liskeard. It is in a little cluster with Tremar itself, and St Cleer to the west. Darite is a hamlet found immediately to the north.
The name 'Tremar' is from the Cornish Trevargh, which means "Mark's farm". It is considered an "industrial settlement" in that it was largely constructed during the mid-nineteenth century to accommodate workers at nearby mines and quarries and their families.[1] The suffix coombe is the Old English cumb, a narrow valley or deep hollow (though a word from the British language of which Cornish descends).[2]
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- Location map: 50°29’20"N, 4°27’53"W
- Streetmap: SX252683
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