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Gloweth

Coordinates: 50°15′40″N 5°05′46″W / 50.261°N 5.096°W / 50.261; -5.096
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Gloweth from the air

Gloweth is a housing estate west of Treliske on the western outskirts of Truro in Cornwall, England.[1]

There is an electoral ward named Threemilestone and Gloweth. At the 2011 census the population of this ward was 4,275[2] As of 2018, the ward population was 3,072.[3]

Etymology

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Gloweth means the down with the barrows in the Cornish language.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319232903.
  2. ^ "Ward list 2011". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South West" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ^ Bannister, Rev. John (1869–1871). The Salamanca Corpus: A Glossary of Cornish Names. Universidad de Salamanca (published 1869). p. 100. ISBN 978-3368119690. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

50°15′40″N 5°05′46″W / 50.261°N 5.096°W / 50.261; -5.096