Rame, Wendron

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

Rame
Rame is located in Cornwall
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]

Rame Post Office and general store

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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