Pencra Head (EN) / Penn Kregh (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

kregh

Meaning: 
high ground, hillock, mound

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘headland, head, end’ + <kregh> ‘high ground, hillock, mound’
Historic forms: 
Pencra Head 1813 (Weatherhill) Pencra Head 1866 (Weatherhill) Penera Head 1851 (Weatherhill) Pencra Head 1888 (OS, 1888) Pencra Head 1908 (OS, 1908) Pencra Head 1948 (Gover, 1948) Pencra Head 1974 (OS, 1974) Pencra Head 2016 (OS, 2016)