Crowntown () is a
hamlet
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on the B3303 road south of
Nancegollan
Nancegollan () is a village in the civil parish of Crowan in west Cornwall, England. Nancegollan is on the B3303 road and south-east of Leedstown.
The railway line from Helston to Hayle passed through the village (closed in 1964). Nancego ...
in west
Cornwall
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, England.
[Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189''. 1961] It is in the
civil parish
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of
Sithney
Sithney () is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sithney is north of Porthleven. The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841.
It is named after Saint Sithney, the pat ...
.
Cornish wrestling
Cornish wrestling
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tournaments, for prizes, have been held in Crowntown for centuries,
[Royal Cornwall Gazette, 8 October 1868.][West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 28 May 1987.] for example at the Crown Inn.
[West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 19 August 1999.]
References
Hamlets in Cornwall
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