Trevowhan is a

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in the parish of

Morvah Morvah () is a civil parish and village on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a population of 49. Geography The village is centred approximately west-southwest of St Ives and north-west of Penza ...

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, UK, and lies 0.5 miles east of the village of

. A terrace of a house and two cottages in the hamlet is a Grade II

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. In 1427 dwelling houses and surrounding land there was recorded as being held by a John Trevaygnon, but it was not known which Lord he was in the service of. In 1882 there were two farms there consisting of 82.5 acres. On 10 July 1745

John Wesley John Wesley ( ; 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a principal leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies ...

visited the hamlet and preached a sermon, during which a constable read the Riot Act. Trevowhan has a bus service which is used by visitors to nearby Chun Quoit.

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Hamlets in Cornwall {{Penwith-geo-stub

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