Treknow
| Treknow | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 Treknow | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX056869 |
| Location: | 50°38’57"N, 4°45’5"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Tintagel |
| Postcode: | PL34 |
| Dialling code: | 01840 77 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Cornwall |
Treknow is a small village near Tintagel, nineteen north of Bodmin, four miles north-west of Camelford, and just a mile west of Tintagel.
The village stands between Trevena and Trebarwith. It is the largest settlement in Tintagel's parish after Tintagel itself.
Treknow is within the 'Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty', as is almost a third of the county.
History
Treknow is mentioned as a manor (under the name of 'Tretdeno') in Domesday Book. Slate was quarried here from about 1305 to shortly before the Second World War: many of the quarries were on the coast and later others were opened in the Trebarwith valley to the south. One of the oldest is Lanterdan, recorded in 1464:[1] Bagalow Quarry near Hole Beach was an enterprise of Edgar Jeffray (early 19th century).
A small copper mine also operated in the latter years of the 18th century.
The acidic local soil was manured with beach sand from nearby Trebarwith Strand: the trade in sand led to road improvements in the early 19th century (the Trebarwith Strand to Condolden "Sanding Road").
About the village
Some buildings in the village display a marked Arts and Crafts influence, probably as a result of the work of architect Detmar Blow who is known to have worked on the Old Post Office in Tintagel for four years from 1896.[2]
Treknow has a village hall[3] and one small hotel. The former small Chapel of the Holy Family (Church of England, built in 1929) has been redeveloped for private use.
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Treknow) |
- Treknow Church; tintagelweb.co.uk
References
- ↑ Duchy of Cornwall Assession Rolls
- ↑ Dyer (2005); pp. 343-52
- ↑ Treknow Village Hall
- Canner, A. C. (1982) The Parish of Tintagel. Camelford: A. C. Canner
- Dyer, Peter (2005) Tintagel: a portrait of a parish. Cambridge: Cambridge Books. ISBN 0-9550097-0-7