Gloweth is a housing estate west of

Treliske The Royal Cornwall Hospital, formerly and still commonly known as the Treliske Hospital, is a medium-sized teaching hospital in Treliske, on the outskirts of Truro, Cornwall, England. The hospital provides training services for the University of ...

on the western outskirts of

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, England. There is an electoral ward named Threemilestone and Gloweth. At the 2011 census the population of this ward was 4,275 As of 2018, the ward population was 3,072.

Etymology

''Gloweth'' means ''the down with the barrows'' in the

Cornish language Cornish (Standard Written Form: or , ) is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with Welsh language, Welsh and Breton language, Breton, Cornish descends from Common Brittonic, ...

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