Rame, Wendron

For the hamlet in southeast Cornwall, see Rame, Maker-with-Rame.

Rame
Rame
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW727339
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtTR10
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western

Rame (Cornish: Hordh) is a small village approximately three miles west of Penryn and five miles northeast of Helston in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located on the A394 main road.[1]

The tenement of Rame has for generations been in the possession of the Williams family of Scorrier.[2]

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments were held in a field adjoining Halfway House farm.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
  2. ^ Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; p. 333
  3. ^ Royal Cornwall Gazette, 14 August 1875.


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