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Ninnes, Cornwall

Ninnes, Cornwall

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Not to be confused with Ninnes Bridge.

Higher Ninnes and Lower Ninnes are hamlets, south of Mulfra Hill in the civil parish of Madron in west Cornwall, England, UK.[1][2]

Road junction at Lower Ninnes

Toponymy

Recorded as Insula (in 1314), Enes (1327'), Enys (1403), Nenis (1623). An enys is isolated land or an island. Wartha (higher) was recorded in 1403.[3]

History

Higher Ninnes was sold by auction in 1880 by Elizabeth Nicholls. The property consisted of a dwelling house with necessary outbuildings and approximately 18 acres (7.3 ha) of arable and pasture land, with extensive commonable rights.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. [2]
    Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  3. [3]
    Pool, Peter A S (1985). The Place-Names Of West Penwith (Second ed.). Heamoor: PAS Pool. p. 61.
  4. [4]
    "Higher Ninnes, Madron". The Cornishman. No. 116. 30 September 1880. p. 1.


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