Trevescan is a hamlet in west

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, England, United Kingdom. It is situated between the village of

Sennen Sennen () is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately west-southwest of Penzance.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Sennen parish is bounded by ...

and the settlement at

Land's End Land's End ( or ''Pedn an Wlas'') is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the Penwith peninsula about west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road. To the east of it is ...

, 8 miles (13 km) west of

Penzance Penzance ( ; ) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the westernmost major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated in the ...

. 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).

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Hamlets in Cornwall Sennen {{Penwith-geo-stub