Nancothan (EN) / Nansgodhan (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

godhan

Meaning: 
place of watercourses

nans

Meaning: 
valley
Elements notes: 
nans 'valley' + godhan 'place with waterways'
Historic forms: 
Nancoithan 1323Nanscoithan 1326, 1334, Nanscoythan 1330, 1334, Nanscoethan 1340, Nanscothan 1416