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Towednack, the Glossary

Towednack (Tewydnek) is a churchtown and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.^[1]

44 relations: Amalveor, Antiquarian, Atlantic Ocean, BBC, Brent Tor, British Museum, Bronze Age Britain, Burial, Chapelry, Church rate, Churchtown, Cornwall, Churchwarden, Civil parish, Cornish language, Cornish Language Partnership, Cornwall, Cornwall Council, Cornwall National Landscape, Dry rot, Gorsedh Kernow, Gulval, Gunwalloe, Hedge, Hoard, J. D. Sedding, John Quick (politician), Landévennec, Landewednack, Lelant, Ludgvan, Offertory, Penlee House, Penzance, Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Pew, Poldark (1975 TV series), St Ives (UK Parliament constituency), St Ives, Cornwall, Sundial, The Cornishman (newspaper), W. S. Lach-Szyrma, Winston Graham, Winwaloe, Zennor.
Bronze Age sites in Cornwall

Amalveor

Amalveor (Amal Veur, meaning "great Amal"; 'Amal' appears to be the name of a river) is a hamlet in West Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at. Towednack and Amalveor are hamlets in Cornwall.

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Antiquarian

An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Brent Tor

Brent Tor is a tor on the western edge of Dartmoor, approximately four miles (6.5 km) north of Tavistock, rising to 1100 ft (330m) above sea level.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Bronze Age Britain

Bronze Age Britain is an era of British history that spanned from until.

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Burial

Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects.

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Chapelry

A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century.

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Church rate

The church rate was a tax formerly levied in each parish in England and Ireland for the benefit of the parish church.

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Churchtown, Cornwall

In Cornwall, the churchtown (Treneglos) is the settlement in a parish where the church stands, for example,.

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Churchwarden

A churchwarden is a lay official in a parish or congregation of the Anglican Communion or Catholic Church, usually working as a part-time volunteer.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Cornish language

Cornish (Standard Written Form: Kernewek or Kernowek) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family.

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The Cornish Language Partnership (Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek) was a representative body that was set up in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in 2005 to promote and develop the use of the Cornish language.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Cornwall Council

Cornwall Council (Konsel Kernow), known between 1889 and 2009 as Cornwall County Council (Konteth Konsel Kernow), is the local authority which governs the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall in South West England.

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Cornwall National Landscape

The Cornwall National Landscape (formerly the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) covers in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; that is, about 27% of the total area of the county.

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Dry rot

Dry rot is wood decay caused by one of several species of fungi that digest parts of wood which give it strength and stiffness.

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Gorsedh Kernow

Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall.

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Gulval

Gulval (Lannystli) is a village in the civil parish of Penzance, in Cornwall, England.

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Gunwalloe

Gunwalloe (Pluw Wynnwalow) is a coastal civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Towednack and Gunwalloe are civil parishes in Cornwall and hamlets in Cornwall.

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Hedge

A hedge or hedgerow is a line of closely spaced (3 feet or closer) shrubs and sometimes trees, planted and trained to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area, such as between neighbouring properties.

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Hoard

A hoard or "wealth deposit" is an archaeological term for a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground, in which case it is sometimes also known as a cache.

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J. D. Sedding

John Dando Sedding (13 April 1838 – 7 April 1891) was an English church architect, working on new buildings and repair work, with an interest in a "crafted Gothic" style.

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John Quick (politician)

Sir John Quick (22 April 1852 – 17 June 1932) was an Australian lawyer, politician and judge.

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Landévennec

Landévennec is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Landewednack

Landewednack (Lanndewynnek) is a civil parish and an area of The Lizard in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Towednack and Landewednack are civil parishes in Cornwall and hamlets in Cornwall.

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Lelant

Lelant (Lannanta) or Uny Lelant is a village in the civil parish of St Ives in, west Cornwall, England, UK.

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Ludgvan

Ludgvan (Lujuan) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance. Towednack and Ludgvan are civil parishes in Cornwall.

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Offertory

The offertory (from Medieval Latin offertorium and Late Latin offerre) is the part of a Eucharistic service when the bread and wine for use in the service are ceremonially placed on the altar.

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Penlee House

Penlee House is a museum and art gallery located in the town of Penzance in Cornwall, and is home to a great many paintings by members of the Newlyn School, including many by Stanhope Forbes, Norman Garstin, Walter Langley and Lamorna Birch.

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Penzance

Penzance (Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Towednack and Penzance are civil parishes in Cornwall.

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Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society

Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society (1839–1961) was a local society founded in Penzance in Cornwall, England, UK, whose aim was "the cultivation of the science of Natural History, and for the investigation of the Antiquities referring to the early inhabitants.".

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Pew

A pew is a long bench seat or enclosed box, used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church, synagogue or sometimes a courtroom.

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Poldark (1975 TV series)

Poldark is the original version of the BBC television series adaptation of the novels of the same title written by Winston Graham.

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St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)

St Ives is a parliamentary constituency covering the western end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

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St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives (Porth Ia, meaning "St Ia's cove") is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Towednack and st Ives, Cornwall are civil parishes in Cornwall.

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Sundial

A sundial is a horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky.

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The Cornishman (newspaper)

The Cornishman is a weekly newspaper based in Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom which was first published on 18 July 1878.

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W. S. Lach-Szyrma

The Reverend Wladislaw Somerville Lach-Szyrma, M.A., F.R.H.S. (25 December 1841 – 25 June 1915) was a British curate, historian and science fiction writer.

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Winston Graham

Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist best known for the ''Poldark'' series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary thrillers, period novels, short stories, non-fiction and plays.

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Winwaloe

Winwaloe (Gwenole; Guénolé; Winwallus or Winwalœus; – 3 March 532) was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey (literally "Lann of Venec"), also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe.

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Zennor

Zennor is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Towednack and Zennor are civil parishes in Cornwall.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towednack

Also known as St Tewennocus's Church, Towednack.

Towednack, the Glossary

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Bronze Age sites in Cornwall

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