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Nancledra or Nancledrea is a village in west
Nancledra or Nancledrea is a village 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, UK. It is three miles (5 km) south of St Ives and four miles (6.5 km) north-northeast 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 ...
.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Nancledra is a small village with a population of around 150. The village is in Towednack civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the former mining area of Penwith peninsula.
A pub, The Engine Inn, is situated at Cripplesease
Cripplesease is a hamlet in the civil parishes of Ludgvan and Towednack, Cornwall, UK. The B3311 road from Penzance to St Ives passes through the hamlet with Ludgvan on the eastern side and Towednack on the west side of the road.
Toponymy
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just outside the village, but Nancledra has no village shop or Post Office. Nancledra School is situated one mile north of the village on the lane to Towednack at .
The name of the village probably means ''valley of Clodri'' or ''valley of Cludri''.
Robert Morton Nance, one of the chief revivers of 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, ...
, lived in Nancledra.
The local community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting.
Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...
station is Coast FM (formerly Penwith Radio), which broadcasts on 96.5 and 97.2 FM.
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Penwith Villages in Cornwall {{Penwith-geo-stub