Tregajorran

Tregajorran

Tregajorran is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Redruth, within the civil parish of Carn Brea.[1]

Notable residents

Richard Trevithick, the inventor and mining engineer, was born in the hamlet (then in the ecclesiastical parish of Illogan).[2]

References

  1. Ordnance Survey Staff (1997). Redruth and St. Agnes, Camborne and Perranporth. ISBN 978-0-319-21736-8.
  2. Hodge, James (2002). Richard Trevithick. Lifelines. Aylesbury: Shire Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85263-177-5.

Coordinates: 50°13′17″N 5°15′47″W / 50.2213°N 5.2630°W / 50.2213; -5.2630


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