Tolcarne



Tolcarne (Talkarn) is the name of a number of places in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The name Tolcarne is derived from Cornish Talkarn i.e. "hill-brow tor". A carn is a pile of stones (usually natural) and is the same as tor in Devon. Talkarn is the old name of Minster near Boscastle.

Places named Tolcarne include,
 * part of Newlyn on the east side of the Newlyn River and formerly a separate hamlet in the civil parish of Madron.
 * A hamlet south of Camborne near Troon.
 * A hamlet in the parish and village of St Day.
 * Tolcarne and Lower Tolcarne  in the parish of  St Allen.
 * A farm near Porkellis in the parish of Wendron.
 * Tolcarne Wartha and Little Tolcarne . Wartha is higher in Cornish.
 * Tolcarne and Tolcarne Wood  in the parish of St Just-in-Roseland.
 * Tolcarne Point and Tolcarne Beach, Newquay.
 * Tolcarne and Tolcarne Tor  are north-west of North Hill and Trebartha. Tolcarne near Trebartha was a manor recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) when it belonged to Tavistock Abbey. It was one of several manors held from the abbey by Ermenhald. There was land for 1 plough; there were 2 smallholders who had 2 oxen and one acre of pasture. The value of the manor was 5 shillings.