Market Jew Street shops near Adelaide Street, Penzance
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Market Jew Street shops near Adelaide Street, Penzance
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 4 Jun 2016
Adelaide Street is a few metres out of shot on the right. A Popular History of Cornish Place Names states that the name Market Jew is derived from the Cornish language phrase Marghas Yow, (Thursday Market), the name of a nearby village now absorbed into Marazion, to which Market Jew Street leads.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.120917
Longitude
-5.534021