220px, The Trentishoe area on Donn's one inch to the mile survey of 1765. Trentishoe is a village and

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, England. The parish lies on the coast of the

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. The village is east of

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, at an elevation of 180 metres, separated from the coast by high cliffs. The village was mentioned in the

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as ''Trendesholt''. The name is of

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origin, and appears to mean "hill-spur of a circular hill named Trendel".

Parish church

The small parish church is dedicated to St Peter. The church dates from the 15th century, and is a

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. It is in the Shirwell deanery of the

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, a future saint and a martyr, took charge of the parish church in 1873.

Trentishoe free festivals

In 1973 a small ecologically-themed free rock festival was held on a clifftop site near Trentishoe, titled the Trentishoe Whole Earth Fayre (possibly following a minuscule 1972 festival of which records are sparse). The 'International Times', in 1973, noted "The Trentishoe bash, kicking off on July 9th and running for a couple of weeks, looks like kindling a similar flame to that ignited by the Glastonbury Fayre". The organisers of the 1973 event were Greg Haynes, Mike Tanner, Dave Mackay and Norman with music arranged by

Greasy Truckers ''Greasy Truckers Party'' is a 1972 live album by various artists recorded at a February 1972 Greasy Truckers concert at the Roundhouse in London. The concert featured three bands, Man, Brinsley Schwarz, and Hawkwind, and musician Magic Michael. ...

and Bath Arts Workshop. Bands included Hawkwind, Pink Fairies and Magic Muscle. A follow-up event took place in 1975, and another under the same name but at a different location in 1976.Michael Clarke (1982) - The Politics of Pop Festivals, pp 92-94

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