Boskenna

Boskenna
Boskenna
 Boskenna shown within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW4223
Shire countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall

Coordinates: 50°03′N 5°36′W / 50.05°N 05.60°W / 50.05; -05.60

Boskenna is an early medieval settlement and large 17th-century mansion house with associated farms in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1] It is within the civil parish of St Buryan and is first recorded as Boschene in the 13th or 14th centuries. The house was enlarged and altered in the 19th century.[2][3] Nearby, to the south, is the valley and cove of St Loy and the site of St Loy's chapel which was on the Boskenna side of a stream.[4]

Boskenna was the home of the Paynter family for centuries until sold in 1957, at which time it consisted of seven farms, five market gardens and a manor house.[5] English author Mary Wesley lived at Boskenna for a period of time and later used it as a backdrop in her novels The Camomile Lawn, Not That Sort of Girl, A Dubious Legacy and Part of the Furniture.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  2. ↑ "Cornwall & Scilly HER". Heritage Gateway. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Boskenna". Pastscapes. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Chapels Of St Loy and St Dellan". Pastscapes. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  5. ↑ James Martin Hosking, Boskenna and the Paynters, Penzance Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0-9501296-4-X
  6. ↑ Marnham, Patrick (2006). Wild Mary: A Life of Mary Wesley. Chatto & Windus. p. 42. ISBN 0701179910.
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