Trenwheal - gate entrance to field
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Trenwheal - gate entrance to field
Image: © Ken Ripper Taken: 15 May 2006
Between 1712 and 1727 William Repper is accredited with enclosing the parcel of land on Trenwheal Downs seen beyond this gate. In a lease of 1780 it is described as "All that messuage or dwelling house heretofore built by William Repper deceased with the garden thereunto belonging ... and late in the possession of Elizabeth Repper deceased but now of the said Benjamin Thomas all of which were formally hedged or inclosed in by the said William Repper deceased out of Trenwheale Downs and is part and parcel of the Manor of Godolphin."
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Image Location
Latitude
50.148919
Longitude
-5.342036