Treknow is a small village in Tintagel civil parish, North Cornwall district, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated 19 miles north of Bodmin, 4 miles north-west of Camelford, and 1 mile west of Tintagel, Treknow is mentioned as a manor (under the name of 'Tretdeno') in Domesday Book. Slate was quarried here from approx 1305 to shortly before the Second World War. A small copper mine also operated in the latter years of the 18th Century. The acidic local soil was manured with beach s… (More on Treknow)