{{Short description|Hamlet in Cornwall, UK}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Coord|50.064|-5.695|display=title}} thumb|The Little Barn Café, Trevescan '''Trevescan''' is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated between the village of Sennen and the settlement at Land's End, 8 miles (13 km) west of Penzance.<ref>Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189''. 1961</ref>
The name is Cornish and could mean ''tre'' (hamlet) + personal name ''Bescan'' which means "little short one", or could be a corruption of ''heskyn'', ″sedge″ or ″marsh″. Previous spellings of the name include, ''Trefescan'' (1302), ''Trevescan'' (1310), ''Trevascan'' (1327) and ''Treviscan'' (1343).<ref>{{cite book| author=Reaney, P. H. | title=The Origins of English Place-Names | edition=1980 | publisher=Routledge and Kegan Paul | page=67}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pool |first1=P A S |title=The Place-Names of West Penwith |date=1985 |publisher=Peter Pool |location=Heamoor |page=76 |edition=Second}}</ref>
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Category:Hamlets in Cornwall Category:Sennen
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