Kernow is the name for which area of the U.K., when spoken in the local language?
"Conan Jenkin (Truro and Falmouth), Loveday Jenkin (Camborne and Redruth), Simon Reed (St Ives), Glenn Renshaw (South East Cornwall), Joanie Willett (North Cornwall). Mebyon Kernow had also committed itself to continuing the fight for a ""Cornwall only"" Euro-constituency, to promote Cornwall in Europe. Mebyon Kernow polled 14,922 votes in the 2009 European elections (11,534 votes in Cornwall, no seats, 7 percent of the vote in Cornwall) putting them ahead of the Labour Party in Cornwall. Mebyon Kernow decided not to stand candidates in the 2014 European elections, claiming the system is skewed against them winning seats. Mebyon Kernow Mebyon Kernow"
"Kernick Kernick (, meaning ""rocky place"") is a settlement in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is a part of the town of Penryn, now a suburb of Falmouth. The name Kernick is a derivative of Cernic / Carnak meaning 'rocky' in Cornish, like Carnac in Brittany/ Kernick is located near Mabe, a small town on the edge of a new urban area. Kernick has thrived as an industrial area since the late 1970s with two industrial parks, one large industrial estate, with about 100 factories. An Asda supermarket was recently constructed nearby, which has taken much business from the small"
"namesakes in the Midlands and Caithness."" The extreme western peninsula of Dumnonia came to be known as ""Cernyw"" in Welsh, ""Kernow"" in Cornish and ""Kernev (Veur)"" in Breton. The modern English name ""Cornwall"" arises from a suffixation of the Old English word for Brittonic-speakers, ""wealas"", to a borrowed form of the Brittonic place-name. Since the Cornovii are only known from one mention in antiquity, nothing is known for certain of their history. They were part of the Dumnonii, the tribe whose lands, known as Dumnonia, extended from Cornwall through Devon and included parts of Somerset and Dorset. For details of"
"of 144 Ha. Its census populations were: 53 (1801): 69 (1851): 56 (1901): 32 (1951): 31 (1981). The percentage of Welsh speakers was 70 (1891): 48 (1931): 20 (1971). Crinow Crinow () is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, east of Narberth. The parish is part of the community of Narberth. The derivation of the placenames (English and Welsh) is obscure. The parish was originally a manor attached to St David's and it formed a detached part of the Hundred of Dungleddy. It is close to the Pembrokeshire language frontier and was described as Welsh-speaking by George Owen in"
"is a healthy tradition of music in the language, which can also be enjoyed by non-speakers. The vast majority of place names in Cornwall are derived from the language, and many people who live in Cornwall know a few words or phrases, e.g. 'Kernow bys vyken!' ('Cornwall forever!). Many Cornish houses, businesses, children, pets and boats are named in the language, thus it has use as an ""official community language"" and any Cornish speaker will often be asked to provide translations. A sign of this role is that two of Cornwall's five MPs (now six) once swore their oaths to"
"Crinow Crinow () is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, east of Narberth. The parish is part of the community of Narberth. The derivation of the placenames (English and Welsh) is obscure. The parish was originally a manor attached to St David's and it formed a detached part of the Hundred of Dungleddy. It is close to the Pembrokeshire language frontier and was described as Welsh-speaking by George Owen in 1602, but today it is predominantly English speaking. In 1934, a detached part of the parish of Lampeter Velfrey was added to Crinow. The pre-1934 parish had an area"
"holder of the title being Bob Barr. Kings Norton Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, England. Historically in Worcestershire, it is also a Birmingham City Council ward within the Government of Birmingham, England. The district lies 6.5 miles south-southwest of Birmingham city centre and is within 1.5 miles of the north Worcestershire border. There was Romano-British occupation near the later town. Excavations at Kings Norton found signs of a small Romano-British settlement, including Roman pottery and a Roman ditch at Parsons Hill, near Icknield Street. Kings Norton derives its origin from the basic Early English ""Nor"
"appears to indicate that the tribe of the Cornovii, known from earlier Roman sources as inhabitants of an area centred on modern Shropshire, had by about the 5th century established a power-base in the south-west (perhaps at Tintagel). The tribal name is therefore likely to be the origin of ""Kernow"" or later ""Curnow"" used for Cornwall in the Cornish language. John Morris suggested that a contingent of the Cornovii was sent to South West Britain at the end of the Roman era, to rule the land there and keep out the invading Irish, but this theory was dismissed by Professor"
"town shops. Kernick is also thriving as a suburban housing area, with three housing estates in the vicinity, two of which (Littleoaks and Woodland Avenue) have in excess of 200 houses each. There is also another housing estate nearby, and a large area called ""Greenwood"", which has in excess of 500 houses and bungalows. Kernick is also the site of the new Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC). Kernick Kernick (, meaning ""rocky place"") is a settlement in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is a part of the town of Penryn, now a suburb of Falmouth. The name Kernick is a"
"Kerris Kerris () is a settlement in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) south-west of Penzance in the civil parish of Paul. Kerris means ""fort-place"" in the Cornish language. In 1302 a document spells the name "" Veor Keris"" and other spellings have been ""Kerres"" (in 1310), ""Kyrrys"" (1337), ""Vean Kerrys"" (1440), ""Keres"" (1481), Kyrris (1668). (""Veor"" means large or great and ""Vean"" means little). Several prehistoric relics can be found around Kerris including the Roundago (possibly an Iron Age hill fort) and the Kerris Standing Stone or menhir. Several fields away is the Treb|svannack"
"1974 and until abolition the district of Penwith was twinned with Penwith Penwith (; ) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one of the ancient administrative hundreds of Cornwall which derives from two Cornish words, ""penn"" meaning 'headland' and ""wydh"" meaning 'at the end'. Natural England have designated the peninsula as national character area 156 and named it West Penwith. It is also known as the Land's End"
"in a stone laid down in the grounds of the Quernhow Café which now adjoins the A6055. Ainderby Mires and Ainderby Steeple are also in the district, the latter refers to the local church spire, the former to marshy mires. Ainderby is a place name originally meant village belonging to Eindrithi, a Viking whose name meant 'sole-ruler'. Quernhow, which has also been spelled Whernhowe and Whernou means mill-hill. The first element derives from the Old Norse word "" kvern"" meaning a mill stone. How, deriving from the Old Norse word "" haugr "", means a hill. How is a common"
"Brandivy Brandivy (""Brandevi"" in Breton) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France. Inhabitants of Brandivy are called in French ""Brandivyens"". Brandivy is notable for its ""Breizh – Kernow Festival"" (Breizh = Brittany in Breton; Kernow = Cornwall, United Kingdom, in the Cornish language) which takes place at Easter. The Festival started in 1987 taking place most years until 2002 when the festival started to alternate with the ""AberFest"" festival in Cornwall. The Breizh – Kernow Festival now occurs on odd numbered years (2003, 2005, 2007) and AberFest on even numbered years (2004, 2006 and due"
"Penwith Penwith (; ) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one of the ancient administrative hundreds of Cornwall which derives from two Cornish words, ""penn"" meaning 'headland' and ""wydh"" meaning 'at the end'. Natural England have designated the peninsula as national character area 156 and named it West Penwith. It is also known as the Land's End Peninsula. The Penwith peninsula sits predominantly on granite bedrock that has"
"subdivision of white British. On 24 April 2014 it was announced that Cornish people will be granted minority status under the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. General: History of Cornwall The history of Cornwall begins with the pre-Roman inhabitants, including speakers of a Celtic language, Common Brittonic, that would develop into Southwestern Brittonic and then the Cornish language. Cornwall was part of the territory of the tribe of the Dumnonii that included modern-day Devon and parts of Somerset. After a period of Roman rule, Cornwall reverted to rule by independent Romano-British leaders and continued to have"
"Some histories propose the theory that this may have resulted in rulers who exercised kingship in both Brittany and Dumnonia, explaining those occurrences of the same names of rulers in both territories. There are also numerous correspondences of Insular Celtic saints' and place names and a close linguistic relationship between Cornish (Kernowek) and Breton (Brezhoneg). However the Breton regions of Kernev/Cornouaille (Cornwall) and Domnonée (Devon) have well established histories including entirely separate rulers from Dumnonia in Britain (see Duchy of Brittany). While Cornwall retained its language and culture, Devon's had significantly diminished by the arrival of the Saxon invaders in"
"lyrics survived the decline of the language. In some cases lyrics of common English songs became attached to older Cornish tunes. Some folk tunes have Cornish lyrics written since the language revival of the 1920s. Sport has also been an outlet for many Cornish folk songs, and ""Trelawny"", the unofficial Cornish national anthem, is often sung by Cornish rugby fans, along with other favourites such as ""Camborne Hill"" and ""The White Rose"". The Cornish anthem that has been used by Gorseth Kernow for the last 75 plus years is ""Bro Goth Agan Tasow"" (""The Land of My Fathers"", or, literally,"
"situated between Tintagel and Boscastle. The Cornish phrase ""Kissing's out of fashion when the furse is out of bloom"" is a local version of the old country phrase: ""When gorse is out of blossom, kissing's out of fashion."" This is a reference to the fact that gorse bears flowers year round. Black and Gold (Cornish song) Black and Gold (Cornish Du ha'n Owr) is a Cornish folk song. A version is found on Esme Francis' Cornish songs collection ""Kernow"". English lyrics have been written by Will Coleman. Black and gold are the Cornish colours, and can be found on the"
"particularly in the countries of the Cornish diaspora, as well as other Celtic nations. Estimates of the number of Cornish speakers vary according to the definition of being a speaker, and is difficult to accurately determine due to the individualised nature of language take-up. Nevertheless, there is recognition that the number of Cornish speakers is growing. From before the 1980s to the end of the 20th century there was a sixfold increased in the number of speakers to around 300. One figure for the mean number of people who know a few basic words, such as knowing that ""Kernow"" means"
"Middleton Quernhow Middleton Quernhow is a settlement and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was estimated at 60 in 2015. It is very near the A1(M) road and is north of Ripon. Quernhow, which has also been spelled Whernhowe and Whernou means mill-hill, the first element deriving from the Old Norse ""kvern"" meaning a mill stone. How or Howe, deriving from the Old Norse word ""haugr"" meaning a hill, is a common element in Yorkshire place name. The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being a manor of 5"
"name was used in reference to the resettling of the new wave Celts from Great Britain in formerly Dumnonian-seized lands. This is related to the difference between ""Grande-Bretagne"" (Great Britain) and ""Bretagne"" (Brittany) in French, with Brittany having originally been thought of a British colony (and the second such in the same area). In Breton, Cornouaille is known as Kernev or ""Bro-Gernev"", and in Latin as ""Cornugallia"" or ""Cornubia"". In Cornish, ""Kernev"" is written ""Kernow"", but the pronunciation is the same. Strong contacts between Armorica (a larger region than the Duchy of Brittany or modern Brittany) and southern Britain had"
"Cornish sovereignty is recognised. Popularisation of Cornish nationalism is attributed to a Celtic cultural revival in Cornwall which itself began with a newed interested in the Cornish language in the 1920s. The revival of the Cornish language encouraged a parallel revival of Celtic traditions, which by the 1970s had spurred on Cornish nationalism. The United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community in 1973 prompted claims that the Cornish should be granted their own devolved national assembly—the Cornish Assembly—comparable to that of the National Assembly for Wales. Mebyon Kernow is a left-wing political party based in Cornwall, founded in 1951."
"2 April 2018. Cornwall and Brittany have Celtic links going back centuries and have closely related Celtic languages and many other traditions that are practised in both countries. Both AberFest and the Breizh – Kernow Festival celebrate these cultures in their traditional and more recent forms. 5th–7th centuries saw a mass emigration of Cornish people to ""Armorica."" These people were to become the Breton people of modern Brittany. Their language was the Brythonic Celtic language that was to become Breton language (Brezhoneg) in Brittany, the Cornish language (Kernewek) in Cornwall and the Welsh language (Cymraeg) in Wales. Although they are"
"St Winnow St Winnow () is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its name may be connected with either that of Saint Winnoc or Saint Winwaloe. It has a population of 304, which had increased to 328 at the 2011 census. The church town is on the east bank of the River Fowey south of Lostwithiel. Part of the village of Lerryn lies within the parish as does the Chapel of St Nectan. The Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor, a Site of Special Scientific Interest is also in the parish. St Winnow was recorded in the Domesday Book"
"source of the name ""Cornovii"", as discussed above), and a few others that are so corrupt as to defy identification, such as ""Giano"", ""Pilais"", and ""Vernalis"", which may possibly refer to places within the lands occupied by the Cornovii. The pre-Roman inhabitants were speakers of a Celtic language that would later develop into the Brythonic language Cornish. Cornovii (Cornwall) The Cornovii is a hypothetical name for a tribe who would have been part of the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe inhabiting the South West peninsula of Great Britain, during some part of the Iron Age, Roman and post-Roman periods. The Cornovii"
"the formation of the Cornish nationalist political party Mebyon Kernow in 1951. Increased interest and communication across the Celtic nations in Celtic languages and culture during the 1960s and 1970s spurred on the popularisation of the Cornish self-government movement. Since devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, enthusiasts for Cornish culture have pressed for the Cornish language to be taught formally in Cornish schools, while Cornish nationalists have demanded greater political autonomy for Cornwall, for example that it be constituted as the United Kingdom's fifth consistuent country with its own Cornish Assembly. The Cornish people are concentrated in Cornwall, but"
"Kings Norton Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, England. Historically in Worcestershire, it is also a Birmingham City Council ward within the Government of Birmingham, England. The district lies 6.5 miles south-southwest of Birmingham city centre and is within 1.5 miles of the north Worcestershire border. There was Romano-British occupation near the later town. Excavations at Kings Norton found signs of a small Romano-British settlement, including Roman pottery and a Roman ditch at Parsons Hill, near Icknield Street. Kings Norton derives its origin from the basic Early English ""Nor + tun"", meaning North settlement and belonging"
"for the opening of the line on 4 May 1859 until the permanent station was ready on 27 June 1859. Respryn Bridge (""illustrated above right"") is a fine medieval stone bridge over the River Fowey. The present bridge was built in the 15th century to replace one which had already existed in 1300. St Winnow St Winnow () is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its name may be connected with either that of Saint Winnoc or Saint Winwaloe. It has a population of 304, which had increased to 328 at the 2011 census. The church town is"
"Goth agan Tasow"", and ""Delkiow Sivy"". In 2018, the singer Gwenno Saunders released an album in Cornish, entitled ""Le Kov"". The Cornish language has influenced the toponomy of Cornwall, and has historically been used in surnames for the Cornish people. Long before the agreement of the Standard Written Form of Cornish in the 21st century, Late Cornish orthography in the Early Modern period usually followed Welsh to English transliteration so phonetically rendering C for K, I for Y, U for W, and Z for S, caused place names such as Porthcurno and Penzance to be adopted into English instead of"
"and Ireland (""Fir Domnann""). Later, the area became known to the English of neighbouring Wessex as the kingdom of West Wales, and its inhabitants were also known to them as ""Defnas"" (i.e. men of Dumnonia). In Welsh, and similarly in the Southwestern Brythonic languages, it was ""Dyfneint"" and this is the form which survives today in the name of the county of Devon (Modern , , ). There is evidence, based on an entry in the ""Ravenna Cosmography"", that there may have been a sub-tribe in the western part of the territory known as the Cornovii from whose name the"
"in Penwith and the nearby villages of Pendeen, Sennen, St Buryan, and St Levan, but more than 10% travel to the school from Penzance and further east. The name Cape Cornwall appeared first on a maritime chart around the year 1600. The original Cornish name, ""Kilgodh Ust,"" has fallen out of use. In English it translates to ""goose-back at St Just,"" a reference to the shape of the cape. An alternative name, ""Pen Kernow,"" is a recent translation back to Cornish of the English. Pottery found in cists on the Cape have been dated to the Late Bronze Age. The"
"1904. The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies was formed in 1924 to ""maintain the Celtic spirit of Cornwall"", followed by the Gorseth Kernow in 1928 and the formation of the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow in 1951. This revival has spread towards Northern England, with the attempted reconstructions of numerous types of bagpipe (such as the Lancashire Great-pipe) and an increased interest in the Northumbrian smallpipes. There are also attempts to reconstruct the Cumbric language, the ancient Brythonic language of Northern (particularly Northwestern) England, a remnant of the Brittonic kingdoms of Hen Ogledd. In 1925, Professor Roparz Hemon founded the"
"History of Cornwall The history of Cornwall begins with the pre-Roman inhabitants, including speakers of a Celtic language, Common Brittonic, that would develop into Southwestern Brittonic and then the Cornish language. Cornwall was part of the territory of the tribe of the Dumnonii that included modern-day Devon and parts of Somerset. After a period of Roman rule, Cornwall reverted to rule by independent Romano-British leaders and continued to have a close relationship with Brittany and Wales as well as southern Ireland, which neighboured across the Celtic Sea. After the collapse of Dumnonia, the remaining territory of Cornwall came into conflict"