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OS grid reference
  
SW4437

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Penzance

Local time
  
Thursday 10:03 PM

UK parliament constituency
  
St Ives

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
TR20

Ceremonial county
  
Cornwall

Unitary authority
  
Cornwall Council

Boswednack

Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 32 km/h, 87% Humidity

Boswednack is a hamlet in the parish of Zennor (where the 2011 Census population was included) near the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located along the B3306 road southwest of Zennor.

Boswednack was home to a small community of Cornish speakers during the 19th century. These included John Davey Jnr., 1812-1891, and his father, as well as Anne Berryman (1766-1854), and John Mann (1834-1914). John Mann recalled in an interview that, when a child, he and several other children always conversed in Cornish while at play together. It is from John Davey that we know the Cranken Rhyme, probably the last recorded piece of in traditional late Cornish verse.

The hamlet contains Boswednack Manor and Treen Manor which in 1814 were both owned by William Arundell Harris. Treen Manor, in the nearby hamlet of Treen is now a pub and Boswednack Manor is now run as a bed & breakfast, with a "slight Bohemian-style".

References

Boswednack Wikipedia