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Towns and Villages in Cornwall
Cornwall's town and villages are many and varied, ranging from small and rural hamlets to bustling visitor resorts. With its central location and solitary status as a city, Truro holds the title as Cornwall's 'capital' and in turn is the centre for trade and commerce.
On exploration of Cornwall you will come across many unusual and distinctively Cornish place names which allude to our native language. Look out for towns and villages named after saints, such as St Agnes, St Austell and St Ives which refer to the early Celtic Christian missionaries who first brought Christianity to Cornwall. Some other common prefixes which feature in place names across the county are:
Tre(v) - house, farm or village
Chy - dwelling
Ros(e) - heath or moor
Bod, Bos, Boj - dwelling
Lan - church or monastery
Pen - headland
Pol - pool or pond
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