Trewen
| Trewen Cornish: Trewynn | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 Trewen Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX252836 |
| Location: | 50°37’30"N, 4°28’19"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 142 (2011) |
| Post town: | Launceston |
| Postcode: | PL15 |
| Dialling code: | 01566 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Cornwall |
Trewen is a hamlet in eastern Cornwall, just east of Bodmin Moor and five miles west of Launceston. It sits in the valley of the River Inny.
Trewen parish is bounded to the north by Egloskerry parish, to the east by St Thomas-by-Launceston, to the south by South Petherwin and to the west by Altarnun and Laneast parishes. The parish population at the 2011 census was 142. In 1801 it was recorded as 193, and 221 in 1841, but had declined to 99 in 1921, after mechanisation and the Great War.[1]
The parish church is St Michael. This little church has a bellcote rather than a tower. "The church is an ancient granite building in the Early Perpendicular style, which was restored in 1863/1864; it comprises a chancel, nave, and north aisle". The font is Norman, square and plain.[2]
The only other hamlet in the parish of Trewen is Piper's Pool, on the A395 road.
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References
- ↑ Information on Trewen from GENUKI
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 1951; 1970 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09589-0page 230
