Come-to-Good
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Come-to-Good is a small settlement in Cornwall
, United Kingdom
.
It consists of a farm, seven residential houses and a Quaker Meeting House
, built in 1710. It lies on the Tregye Road between Carnon Downs
and King Harry Ferry
. The boundary between Feock
Parish to the South and Kea
Parish to the North runs along the Tregye Road, South of the Meeting House and its Burial Ground and curves northward to the West, along the path of the stream and to the East, along the track to Penelewey
.
has discovered that the name "Come to Good" is not found as a name for the area until fairly late in the seventeenth century, after the arrival of the meeting. He now argues that it is much more likely to be an ironical reference to Friends and the Meeting."
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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It consists of a farm, seven residential houses and a Quaker Meeting House
Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good
The Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good, is a meeting house of the Society of Friends, on the southern border of the Parish of Kea, near Truro in Cornwall, UK. It was also known as Kea Meeting House and Feock Meeting House....
, built in 1710. It lies on the Tregye Road between Carnon Downs
Carnon Downs
Carnon Downs is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles south west of Truro on the A39 Truro to Falmouth road....
and King Harry Ferry
King Harry Ferry
The King Harry Ferry Bridge is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the Carrick Roads reach of the estuary of the River Fal in the United Kingdom county of Cornwall. The ferry crosses between the villages of Feock and Philleigh, roughly half way between the city of Truro, the lowest bridging point...
. The boundary between Feock
Feock, Cornwall
Feock is a coastal civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 5 miles south of Truro at the head of Carrick Roads on the River Fal. To the south, the parish is bounded by Restronguet Creek and to the east by Carrick Roads and the River Fal...
Parish to the South and Kea
Kea, Cornwall
Kea is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a "large straggling parish" in a former mining area south of Truro.Kea village is situated just over one mile southwest of Truro....
Parish to the North runs along the Tregye Road, South of the Meeting House and its Burial Ground and curves northward to the West, along the path of the stream and to the East, along the track to Penelewey
Penelewey
Penelewey is a hamlet southeast of Playing Place in Cornwall, England, UK....
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The name
Patricia Griffith says "There has been much discussion about the origins of such a delightful name and for some time it was thought it derived from the supposed Cornish Cwm-ty-coit meaning "the coombe by the dwelling in the wood". However this derivation has never been felt to be totally satisfactory and recent research by Dr Oliver PadelOliver Padel
Oliver James Padel is an authority on the origin and meaning of place-names, currently Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic in the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor of Celtic at the University of the West of England.He was born in 1948...
has discovered that the name "Come to Good" is not found as a name for the area until fairly late in the seventeenth century, after the arrival of the meeting. He now argues that it is much more likely to be an ironical reference to Friends and the Meeting."