Retallack

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Retallack
Cornwall
Retallack Resort and Spa.jpg
Retallack Resort and Spa
Location
Grid reference: SW934658
Location: 50°27’22"N, 4°54’43"W
Data
Post town: St Columb
Postcode: TR9
Local Government
Council: Cornwall

Retallack is a village near St Columb Major, in Cornwall. Most of the village has now been swallowed to become a 100-acre commercial theme park called "Spirit of the West".[1]

Outer Retallick (sic) is, or was, another village half a mile to the northwest of the village of Winnards Perch, which was destroyed to make way for a nearby highway roundabout. Outer Retallick Farm, still stands half a mile north-west of Retallack.

Name

The name comes from a local family, including John Retallack, listed as a local farmer in 1602.[2] Other Cornish localities named for this family include Retillick Farm (sic) near Roche (SW974593), Retallack Farm near Constantine (SW733304), and Retallack Mine near Millpool (SW573314)[3]

References

  1. Retallack, Gregory. "Retallack Surname". University of Oregon. http://pages.uoregon.edu/dogsci/doku.php?id=directory/faculty/greg/main. Retrieved December 14, 2011. 
  2. Carew, R (1602). The survey of Cornwall. London: John Jaggard. pp. 159 p.. ISBN 978-0-678-07504-3. 
  3. Retallack, Gregory (2000). "What does the name Retallack mean?". Cornwall Family History Journal 98: 14–15.