Couch's Mill is a small hamlet in Cornwall

Cornwall

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, England

England

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, United Kingdom

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. It is in the parish of Boconnoc

Boconnoc

Boconnoc is a civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom, approximately four miles east of Lostwithiel. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 121.The parish is rural in character and is fairly well wooded...

, a large private estate that borders the hamlet to the north.

Location

Couch's Mill lies roughly four miles from the centre of the nearest town, Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739...

, and about 1.5 miles from the nearby village Lerryn

Lerryn

Lerryn is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the River Lerryn approximately three miles southeast of Lostwithiel....

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Name

The true format in which to write the name seems not to have been decided. Even local signposts vary. The three different ways commonly found of writing the name of the hamlet are Couchs Mill, Couch's Mill and Couches Mill. These are all deemed correct, although the last variation is less commonly found, and generally less accepted.