title: Trevescan
text: # Trevescan
  
  50°03′50″N 5°41′42″W﻿ / ﻿50.064°N 5.695°W﻿ / 50.064; -5.695
  
  Trevescan is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated between the village of Sennen and the settlement at Land's End, 8 miles (13 km) west of Penzance.
  
  The name is Cornish and could mean tre (hamlet) + personal name Bescan which means "little short one", or could be a corruption of heskyn, ″sedge″ or ″marsh″. Previous spellings of the name include, Trefescan (1302), Trevescan (1310), Trevascan (1327) and Treviscan (1343).
  
  