Bolenowe (Cornish:Boslenow, meaningdwelling of strip-fields) is a village in westCornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately one-and-a-half miles (2 km) southeast ofCamborne (where the 2011 Census population is included).[1] It consists of cottages that are spread apart by large gardens, the only amenities are apost box and a redphone box that has now been decommissioned.
The first record of the name was Boslaynou in 1321. A Hamelinus Bolyneu was named as one of three taxatores for the parish of Camborne in a Lay Subsidy roll of 1327. During the 16th century the occupiers of Bolenowe were titledtirek, which in the Cornish language meanslanded orrich in land. The Bolenowe estate may have extended to 100Cornish acres. Bolenowe was known for producingbees wax at this time.[2]
In the 19th and 20th centuries Bolenowe had two shops, an unlicensed pub, called akidleywink, and two chapels.[3]
HistorianCharles Thomas has identified an area called No Man's Land near Bolenowe as an area of land left unused, perhaps since Neolithic times, as an act of sacrifice to a spirit called aBucca and notes that there was a belief that the Bucca still haunted the moors on Bolenowe Carn into the 19th century when John Harris was growing up there.[4]
As well as the main settlement of Bolenowe there are several other surrounding farms and notable features which use the name Bolenowe.[5]
There are several former stone quarries at Bolenowe including anelvan quarry.[7] Bolenowe was the site of Bolenowe Carn Mine, also to the North Bolenowe Mine (South Wheal Grenville).West Tresavean Mine was further to the west and South of the nearby village of Troon. Both mines were on a sett plan held at Pendarves House until recently.
It is famous as the birthplace of the poetJohn Harris winner of the Shakespeare Tercentenary Prize in 1864.[8]
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