Tregenna is a surname of Cornish origin. Recorded variations include Treganna, Tregona, Tregannah, Tregunna, Tregunno, Tregensoe, Tregensowe, Tregenza, and Tregenzo. The name is believed to have originated in the phrase ''tre-cenue'' (also ''tre-gonyow'' or ''tre-kensa''), meaning the first or foremost farm or homestead on the downs. Examples from the church registers of Cornwall date to at least as early as 1547. The name Tregenna may refer specifically to: *

Tregenna Castle Tregenna Castle (, meaning "Kenow’s settlement")) in St Ives, Cornwall, was built by John Stephens in the 18th century and is named after the hill on which it stands. The estate was sold in 1871 and became a hotel, a purpose for which it is s ...

, an 18th-century castle in St Ives, Cornwall *

Catherine Tregenna Catherine Tregenna is a British playwright, television screenwriter and actress. She has written episodes for ''EastEnders'', ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'' and for the first four series of ITV (TV network), ITV crime drama ''Law & Order: U ...

, Welsh playwright, television screenwriter and actress * Fiona Tregenna, South African economist * SS ''Tregenna'', a Hain Line steamship launched in 1919 and sunk in 1940 * SS ''Tregenna'' (1880), a

Hain Line Sir Edward Hain, (26 December 1851 – 20 September 1917) was an English shipping magnate and politician from Cornwall, England. He represented St Ives as a Liberal Unionist from 1900 to 1904, and as a Liberal from 1904 to 1906. His shipping ...

steamship launched in 1880 * "Tregenna Afternoons", a song by English musician Anthony Phillips, released in 1978 on the album ''

Private Parts & Pieces ''Private Parts & Pieces'' is the third studio album by English musician and composer Anthony Phillips. It was released in November 1978 by Passport Records in the United States, and in April 1979 by Arista Records in the United Kingdom. Unlike h ...

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