Trevescan

Trevescan is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated between the village of Sennen and the settlement at Land's End, 8 miles (13 km) west of Penzance.[1]

The Little Barn Café, Trevescan

The name is Cornish and could mean tre (hamlet) + personal name Bescan which means "little short one", or could be a corruption of heskyn, ″sedge″ or ″marsh″. Previous spellings of the name include, Trefescan (1302), Trevescan (1310), Trevascan (1327) and Treviscan (1343).[2][3]

The freehold estate and farm of 128 acres (52 ha) owned by Mr John Saundry was auctioned on 5 November 1885. The estate included a substantial dwelling house, garden, stables, cattle houses, five other dwellings, 66 acres (27 ha) of inclosed cliff and crofts and a large fowling pool.[4] It was bought by Mr George R Hicks of Tregiffian for £6,410.[5]

References
  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  2. Reaney, P. H. The Origins of English Place-Names (1980 ed.). Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 67.
  3. Pool, P A S (1985). The Place-Names of West Penwith (Second ed.). Heamoor: Peter Pool. p. 76.
  4. "Valuable Freehold Estate near Penzance for Sale". Cornishman. No. 378. 15 October 1885. p. 8.
  5. "Sale of Trevescan, Sennen". The Cornishman. No. 382. 12 November 1885. p. 7.


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