Nancledra
Coordinates: 50°10′16″N 5°30′28″W / 50.1712°N 5.5079°W
Nancledra is a village in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is three miles (5 km) south of St Ives and four miles (6.5 km) north-northeast of Penzance.[1] Nancledra is a small village with a population of around 150. The village is in Towednack civil parish in the former mining area of Penwith peninsula.
A pub, The Engine, is situated at Cripplesease just outside the village, but Nancledra has no village shop or Post Office.[2] Nancledra School is situated one mile north of the village on the lane to Towednack at grid reference SW 492 367.[1][3]
The Engine Inn is the venue at which the infamous "Them Nancledra Hillbillies", a local country garage band, played their final gig in July 2008. Comprising Lead Fiddle Martyn Harvey, Bass and Soul Roly England and Drums/Vocal Gordy MacIntosh, Them Hillbillies played the pubs, clubs and backwoods of Nancledra for around five years from 1983 to 1988.. then disappeared off the face of the earth. Local rumour has it that if you wander off the beaten track between Nancledra and Towednack, somewhere near Georgia, you can sometimes hear the sound of a snare drum, bass and fiddle in the wind.
The name of the village probably means valley of Clodri or valley of Cludri.[5]
Robert Morton Nance, one of the chief revivers of the Cornish language, lived in Nancledra.
References
- 1 2 Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- ↑ The Engine Inn Engine Inn website
- ↑ Nancledra School Nancledra School website
- ↑ Them Nancledra Hillbillies on YouTube
- ↑ Padel, O.J. (1988) A Popular Dictionary of Cornish Place-names. Penzance: Alison Hodge. ISBN 0-906720-15-X
External links
Media related to Nancledra at Wikimedia Commons
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