Boscreege (Cornish: Boskrug) is a small village in the civil parish of Germoe in west Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom.[1]

Boscreege
Boscreege is located in Cornwall
Boscreege
Boscreege
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW5930
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPenzance
Postcode districtTR20
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°07′N 5°22′W / 50.12°N 05.37°W / 50.12; -05.37

The village is on the southern edge of a former mining area, part of a geological formation known as the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite (one of five granite batholiths in Cornwall) which was formerly an important source of tin and copper ore (see also Geology of Cornwall).

The name Boscreege is an anglicisation of the Cornish language Boskrug, which contains the words bos 'dwelling' and krug 'barrow, mound'.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  2. ^ Akademi Kernewek place names - Boskrug