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Glasney College

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Glassiney

In the civil parish of Penryn.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).

Leland writes "In a marshy area called Glassiney a certain Bishop of Exeter, Walter Good [Bronescombe], founded a collegiate church with a provost, twelve prebendaries and other clergy. This college, which lies in the valley of the bishop's park at Penryn, has fortifications and strong walls, with three strong towers and guns at the end of the creek."

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site
Artillery Fort
.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SW786342

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Good for general location

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PastScape number; 427685

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This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

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