Nancledra

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Nancledra
Cornwall
Horses in field near Nancledra - geograph.org.uk - 129662.jpg
Pasture land near Nancledra
Location
Location: 50°10’16"N, 5°30’28"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Cornwall

Nancledra is a village in western Cornwall, three miles south of St Ives and four miles north-northeast of Penzance. This is a small village with a population of around 150.

The village is near Towednack and in its civil parish, in the former mining area of the Penwith peninsula.

A pub, The Engine, is situated at Cripplesease just outside the village, but Nancledra has no village shop or Post Office.[1] Nancledra School is situated one mile north of the village on the lane to Towednack at SW492367.[2]

The name of the village probably means valley of Clodri or valley of Cludri.[3]

Two streams join near Nancledra to form the Red River at the start of its journey to the sea at Marazion.

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References

  1. The Engine Inn Engine Inn website
  2. Nancledra School
  3. Padel, O.J. (1988) A Popular Dictionary of Cornish Place-names. Penzance: Alison Hodge. ISBN 0-906720-15-X