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Trethewey () is a hamlet in west
Trethewey () is a hamlet 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, United Kingdom. It forms part of St Levan
St Levan () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is rural with a number of hamlets of varying size with Porthcurno probably being the best known. Hewn out of the cliff at Minack Point and ...
civil parish.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' The village includes a Wesleyan chapel and schoolroom, built in 1868.
Trethewey lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The Cornwall National Landscape (formerly the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) covers in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; that is, about 27% of the total area of the county. It comprises 12 separate areas, designated under the Na ...
(AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
The first records of the name may be preserved in the "Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office (1904) "which contains a probate inquiry as to the birthdate of 11 September 1296 and the birthplace of ''Treguwal'' of Roger Bloyou, although it may be the name of a different or extinct village.Pool, P. A. S. (1985) ''The Place–names of West Penwith''. Heamoor: P. A. S. Pool.
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Hamlets in Cornwall {{Penwith-geo-stub