Tolcarne

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.

The fisherman statue at Tolcarne, Newlyn

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