Crowntown

Coordinates: 50°07′48″N 5°18′32″W / 50.130°N 5.309°W / 50.130; -5.309
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Crowntown
Post office at the Crown Inn, Crowntown
Crowntown is located in Cornwall
Crowntown
Crowntown
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW636308
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHelston
Postcode districtTR13 0
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°07′48″N 5°18′32″W / 50.130°N 5.309°W / 50.130; -5.309

Crowntown is a hamlet on the B3303 road south of Nancegollan in west Cornwall, England.[1][2] It is in the civil parish of Sithney.

Cornish wrestling[edit]

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, have been held in Crowntown for centuries,[3][4] for example at the Crown Inn.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23289-7.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  3. ^ Royal Cornwall Gazette, 8 October 1868.
  4. ^ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 28 May 1987.
  5. ^ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 19 August 1999.