Tolcarne

The fisherman statue at Tolcarne, Newlyn

Tolcarne (Cornish: Talkarn)[1] is the name of a number of places in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The name Tolcarne is derived from Cornish Talkarn i.e. "hill-brow tor".[2] A carn is a pile of stones (usually natural) and is the same as tor in Devon.

Talkarn is the old name of Minster (grid reference SX110904) near Boscastle.

Places named Tolcarne include,

• part of Newlyn on the east side of the Newlyn River (grid reference SW462290) and formerly a separate hamlet in the civil parish of Madron.[3]
• A hamlet south of Camborne near Troon (grid reference SW655387).[4]
• A hamlet in the parish and village of St Day (grid reference SW725421).[4]
• Tolcarne (grid reference SW826513) and Lower Tolcarne (grid reference SW828509) in the parish of St Allen.[4]
• A farm near Porkellis in the parish of Wendron (grid reference SW683348).
• Tolcarne Wartha (grid reference SW686352) and Little Tolcarne (grid reference SW685355). Wartha is higher in Cornish.
• Tolcarne (grid reference SW846382) and Tolcarne Wood (grid reference SW842386) in the parish of St Just-in-Roseland (grid reference SW846382).[5]
• Tolcarne Point and Tolcarne Beach, Newquay (grid reference SW8162).[6]
• Tolcarne (grid reference SX249783) and Tolcarne Tor (grid reference SX250786) are north-west of North Hill and Trebartha.[7] Tolcarne near Trebartha was a manor recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) when it belonged to Tavistock Abbey. It was one of several manors held from the abbey by Ermenhald. There was land for 1 plough; there were 2 smallholders who had 2 oxen and one acre of pasture. The value of the manor was 5 shillings.[8]

References

1. Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
2. Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 66
3. Cooke, Ian McNeil (2001). Crosses and Churchway Paths in the Land's End Peninsula, West Cornwall. Parishes of Paul & Sancreed. Bosullow: Men-an-Tol Studio. p. 9.
4. OS Explorer Map. Redruth and St Agnes (Map) (B2 ed.). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 978 0 319 24034 2.
5. OS Explorer 105. Falmouth & Mevagissey. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978 0 319 24307 7.
6. OS Explorer 106. Newquay & Padstow (B3 ed.). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 978 0 319 24016 8.
7. OS Explorer 109. Bodmin Moor (Map). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978 0 319 24311 4.
8. Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 3,6