Adjaporth (EN) / Ajwaporth (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

ajwa

Meaning: 
gap, breach, aperture

porth

Meaning: 
cove, gate, harbour
Elements notes: 
<ajwa~aswa> ‘gap, pass, breach’ + <porth> ‘cove, landing place, entrance’
Historic forms: 
Adiaporth 1500 (Pool, 1985) Adjaporth (field) 1614 (Padel, 1985) Adgeaporth 1635 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974, p. 37) Adjarporth 1663 (Pool, 1985)