Gloweth is a housing estate west of Treliske on the western outskirts of Truro in Cornwall, England.[1]

Gloweth from the air

There is an electoral ward named Threemilestone and Gloweth. At the 2011 census the population of this ward was 4,275[2] As of 2018, the ward population was 3,072.[3]

Etymology

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Gloweth means the down with the barrows in the Cornish language.[4]

References

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  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319232903.
  2. "Ward list 2011". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South West" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. Bannister, Rev. John (1869–1871). The Salamanca Corpus: A Glossary of Cornish Names. Universidad de Salamanca (published 1869). p. 100. ISBN 978-3368119690. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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