George Grenfell

The source records Sancreed as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

Birthplace

Sancreed

What is recorded here

Why this person is known: Baptist missionary to Cameroon and explorer of Africa (1849–1906)

From Wikidata Q1334873

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• James Emmans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rod Allday, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Phil Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Michael Murray, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Andrew Curtis, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Jim Champion, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Sheila Russell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Gareth James, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rob Farrow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sancreed HouseListed building · 89 ydChurchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the churchScheduled monument · 126 ydAncient stone cross in the churchyard at SancreedAncient stone or rock art · 131 ydThe door to Sancreed churchChurch, cross or graveyard · 170 ydThe BeaconMountain / peak · 606 ydBlind Fiddler Standing StoneHeritage attraction · 1495 ydBoscawen-Un Stone CircleHeritage attraction · 1.4 miBartine CastleArchaeological place · 1.6 miTrig point within Bartine Castle, Bartinney DownsCastle, fort or tower · 1.6 miTregerest Methodist Chapel and graveyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.6 miTrengwainton GardensVisitor information · 2.2 miChapel Carn BreaMountain / peak · 2.3 mi

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