page_title: Merther
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Merther / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Tresawsan Farm Tresawsan Farm from across a muddy winter field
context_page_description: Merther is a small hamlet 2 miles east of Truro in Cornwall, England. It lies on the eastern side of the Tresillian River in the civil parish of St Michael Penkevil. It was formerly the churchtown of the small parish of Merther, and also the site of a manor house and medieval chapel dedicated to St Cohan. The former parish church is now in ruins.
  St Coan was a martyr; there were formerly at Merther a chapel and holy well dedicated to him. A new church was built at Tresillian Bridge in 1904. The church was abandoned in the mid-20th century.
context_section_description: Merther (altitude:39 metres (128 ft)) is 200 metres (660 ft) from the eastern bank of the tidal, Treslllian River, a tributary of the Truro River which flows into the River Fal. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) via the modern tarmac road to Tresillian Church (which replaced St Cohan's) and the A390 road, which connects Truro and St Austell. There is a shorter route to Tresillian Church, by foot via the farm at Treffry. The former churchtown now consists of Eglosmertha, School Cottage, Rectory Cottage, Penhale and a ruined church and churchyard.
  Tresawsan is a hamlet in the former parish of Merther; the meaning of Tresawsan is "Englishmen's farm". The historian William Hals was born at Tresawsan.
caption: Tresawsan Farm
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