Description
Grid reference: SW 369 304
Ecclesiastical parish: St Just in Penwith. Civil parish: St Just.
Tenements or farms and hamlet, also a hill.
Chronological Sequence
Bosavarn, 1302; Bossavarne, 1588, 1589, 1596; Bosavarne, 1656; Bosaverne, 1671, 1744; Bosavern, 1748, 1753, 1763, 1768; Bosavarn, Bossavarn, 1769; Bosavern, 1778, 1780, 1790, 1804, 1810; Bosaver, Bosavern, 1813; Bosovern, 1816; Bosavern, 1817, 1821, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826; Boscavern, Bosavern, Bossavern, 1827; Bossavern, 1829; Bosavern, 1830, 1843; Bosavern, Bosevern, 1845; Bosavern, 1848, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1883, 1884; Bosaverne, 1886; Bosavern, 1971, 1979, 2005, 2011
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Bosavarn : 1302, 1769
Bossavarne : 1588, 1589, 1596
Bosavarne : 1656
Bosaverne : 1671, 1744, 1886
Bosavern : 1748, 1753, 1763, 1768, 1778, 1780, 1790, 1804, 1810, 1813, 1817, 1821, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1830, 1843, 1845, 1848, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1883, 1884, 1971, 1979, 2005, 2011
Bossavarn : 1769
Bosaver : 1813
Bosovern : 1816
Boscavern : 1827
Bossavern : 1827, 1829
Bosevern : 1845
References
Bosavarn
Padel, 1988, p56, citing from 1302
Bossavarne
Taylor, 1917-8, p238, citing from 1588 and 1589
Pool, 1985, p38, citing from 1589
Taylor, 1917-8, p276, citing from 1596
Higher Bosavarne
CRO, AD613/4, 1656 (*)
Bosaverne
RIC, HendCal 30, c.1920s, §186, p278-9, citing from HM/4/41, 1671 (*)
Village.
CRO, CF/1370, 1744 (*)
Bosavern
Of Mr Allen.
Martyn, 1748, map
CRO, CF/1372, 1753 (*)
CRO, CF/1371/1, 1763 (*)
Bosavern
Bosavern & Dowran
CRO, AD766/2, 1768
Bosavarn
Borlase, 1769, opp p208
Bossavarn
Borlase, 1769, p243
Bosavern Rôs
Borlase, 1769, p235
Higher Bosavern
Of John Millett.
CRO, FS3/652/11, 1778 (*)
Lower Bosavern
Of Thomas Sanders Allen.
CRO, FS3/652/11, 1778 (*)
Carn Bosavern
Commons in Carrallack, 36 acres, 1 rood and 37 perches.
CRO, FS3/652/11, 1778 (*)
Bosavern
Higher Bosavern
CRO, AD766/2, 1780
Higher Bosavern
Lower Bosavern
CRO, AD749/6, 1790
Bosavern
CRO, CF/1371/2, 1804 (*)
Bosavern Higher
Bosavern Lower
CRO, AD749/6, 1810
Bosaver
CRO, P95/1/5, 1813
Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/27, 1813
Carne Bosovern
CRO, P95/1/5, 1816
Bosavern Mills
CRO, P95/1/27, 1817
Lower Bosavern
Carn Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/5, 1821
Bosavern Cottage
CRO, P95/1/27, 1821
Lower Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/27, 1823
Bosavern Mill
CRO, P95/1/27, 1824
Bosavern Higher
Bosavern Lower
CRO, AD749/6, 1825
Carn Bosavern
Carne Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/6, 1825
Carn Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/27, 1826
Boscavern
L(owe)r Boscavern
H(ighe)r Bosavern
L(owe)r Bossavern
Greenwood, 1827, map
Bossavern
CRO, P95/1/6, 1829
Karn Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/27, 1830
Carn Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/28, 1843
Bosavern
Higher Bosavern
Lower Bosavern
Bosavern Mills
Tenements.
CRO, TA/95, 1845
Bosavern Mill
Carn Bosevern
CRO, P95/1/7, 1845
Carne Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/28, 1848
Carn Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/29, 1871
Cairn Bosavern
CRO, P95/1/29, 1873
Bosavern Mills
CRO, P95/1/29, 1875
Bosavern
Village.
OS, 6”, LXIII NW, 1883
Lower Bosavern
At SW 364 305.
OS, 6”, LXIII NW, 1883
Bosavern Cottage
At SW 365 304.
OS, 6”, LXIII NW, 1883
Carn Bosavern
Hill and hamlet.
OS, 6”, LXIII NW, 1883
Carrallack & Higher Bosavern Common
At SW 388 310.
OS, 6”, LXIII NW, 1883
Bosavern
9 tenements, the whole owned by Mr John R Millett who resides here.
Symons, 1884
Lower Bosavern
6 tenements.
Symons, 1884
The Carne Bosaverne
CRO, P95/1/30, 1886
Higher Bosavern
Bosavern Bridge
Russell, 1971, p85
Bosavern-ros
Site of prehistoric burial mounds.
Russell, 1971, p16
Bosavern
Robertson and Gilbert, 1979, p38
OS, 1:25000, 2005
Higher Bosavern
At SW 373 307.
OS, 1:25000, 2005
Carn Bosavern
At SW 371 308.
OS, 1:25000, 2005
Bosavern
Higher Bosavern
Carn Bosavern
OS, 1:25000, 2011
Satellite View
Tenements in Bosavern
Gayre's Land
Gayres Land : Messuage or tenement in the village of Bosaverne, with suit to the Manor of Pendeen, leased by John Borlase of Rosecadgewell to John Bennetts of St Just.
CRO, CF/1/1370, 1744 (*)
CRO, CF/1/1371/1, 1763 (*)
Little London
Little London :
CRO, P95/1/5, 1822
CRO, P95/1/6, 1824
CRO, P95/1/27, 1825
CRO, P95/1/6, 1832
CRO, P95/1/9, 1874
Little London (Bosavern) :
CRO, P95/1/29, 1875
Little Lonon :
CRO, P95/1/9, 1883
Tribbes Hill
Tribbes Hill Bosavern :
CRO, P95/1/28, 1847
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