Cusgarne

Cusgarne
Cusgarne Community Primary School
Cusgarne is located in Cornwall
Cusgarne
Cusgarne
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW758407
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTruro
Postcode districtTR4
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°13′26″N 5°08′35″W / 50.224°N 5.143°W / 50.224; -5.143

Cusgarne (Cornish: Kosgaran)[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, UK. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) from Truro and 5 miles (8.0 km) from Redruth.[2] It is in the civil parish of Gwennap

Cusgarne Community Primary School is in the centre of the village. It caters for children from the ages of 4–11 with the majority moving on to nearby Penryn College or either Richard Lander or Penair schools.[3]

The name Cusgarne comes from the Cornish language words koos, meaning 'wood', and garan, meaning 'heron' or 'crane'.[4]

References

  1. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  3. ^ Ofsted Report in PDF format[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Akademi Kernewek place names - Kosgaran

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