Hendra, Cornwall

Hendra is the name of seven hamlets in Cornwall, England, UK.

• Hendra, Breage (grid reference SW5927,[1] 50°06′07″N 5°22′12″W)
• Hendra, Camelford (grid reference SX0983,[2] 50°37′16″N 4°41′56″W)
• Hendra, Grade-Ruan (grid reference SW7017,[3] 50°00′48″N 5°12′15″W)
• Hendra, St Dennis (grid reference SW5927,[4] 50°22′54″N 4°53′06″W)
• Hendra, Sancreed, (grid reference SW4227[5]50°05′38″N 5°35′42″W)
• Hendra, Stithians (grid reference SW7237,[6] 50°11′25″N 5°11′00″W)
• Hendra, Wendron (grid reference SW6931,[7] 50°08′17″N 5°13′56″W)
• Hendra, Withiel (grid reference SW9864,[8] 50°26′33″N 4°50′23″W)

Hendra, Camelford

A Cornish hedge at Trehane Farm; the nearer farm is Hendra, in SX1388

Hendra Downs, Bolventor

Hendra derives from the Cornish "Hendre", meaning "home farm". There are also places in Ladock, St Ives, St Just and St Teath called Hendra.[9] It could also mean ″old farm″.[10]

The Cornish historian Charles Henderson adopted the bardic name of Map Hendra.

Hendra Cross

A stone wayside cross was found at Hendra Farm Menheniot in the early 1960s. It had been buried upside down in the ground to form a gatepost. In 1991 the two separate pieces of the cross were repaired and erected on a new base near Hendra farmhouse.[11]

See also

• List of farms in Cornwall

References

1. Hendra; Explore Britain
2. Hendra; Explore Britain
3. Hendra; Explore Britain
4. Hendra; Explore Britain
5. OS Explorer. Land's End. 102 (Map). Southampton: Ordnance Survery. ISBN 978 0 319 24304 6.
6. Hendra; Explore Britain
7. Hendra; Explore Britain
8. Hendra; Explore Britain
9. Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype; p. 41
10. Pool, Peter A S (1985). The Place-Names of West Penwith (Second ed.). Heamoor: Peter Pool. p. 53.
11. Langdon, A. G. (2005) Stone Crosses in East Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; p. 49

External links

• Media related to Hendra, Cornwall at Wikimedia Commons