Lamorna
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lamorna, Cornwall, Nansmornow
Lamorna () is a village, valley and cove in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately south of Penzance. Lamorna became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Laura Knight and Harold Knight, and is also known for former residents Derek and Jean Tangye who farmed land and wrote "The Minack Chronicles".
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Place details
- Locality
- Lamorna
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Lamorna Cove from air2 Fossick.jpg
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Lamorna harbour
- UK place.official_name
- Lamorna
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.civil_parish
- St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- St Ives
- UK place.post_town
- Penzance
- UK place.postcode_district
- TR19
- UK place.postcode_area
- TR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01736
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SW449234
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.cornish_name
- Nansmornow
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Geography
- History
- Community radio
- Quarries
- Newlyn School of Art and the Lamorna Colony
- Lamorna in culture
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Lamorna () is a village, valley and cove in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately south of Penzance. Lamorna became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Laura Knight and Harold Knight, and is also known for former residents Derek and Jean Tangye who farmed land and wrote "The Minack Chronicles".
==Toponymy== First recorded as Nansmorno (in 1305), than Nansmurnou (1309), Nansmorne (1319), Nansmornou (1339), Nansmorna (1387) and Namorna (1388). In Cornish Nans means valley, and the 2nd element is possibly mor, which means sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lamorna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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