Amalebra aka Amalebrea (EN) / Amallebri (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Towednack
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

amalle

Meaning: 
boundary place

bri

Meaning: 
important
Elements notes: 
<amalle> 'border place' + <bri> 'prominent'
Historic forms: 
Ammalebry 1302 (Gover, 1948) Ammalebry 1324 (Gover, 1948) Amalibry 1331 (Gover, 1948) Ammalibry 1334 (Gover, 1948) Ammalbri 1341 (Gover, 1948) Amalebri 1354 (Gover, 1948) Ammallybry 1432 (Gover, 1948) Amalibery 1659 (Pool, 1985, p36, citing from 1659) Amellibery 1676 (CRO, GB/15/18, 1676) Amelleberry 1679 (CRO, GB/15/2-3, 1679) Amel-bray 1749 (Borlase, 1749, p128) Amyllebrea 1840 (CRO, GHW/G/14, c.1840) Amelebrey 1842 (tenements)(CRO, TA/226, 1842) Amelebry 1842 (tenements)(CRO, TA/226, 1842) Amalebrea 1884 (hamlet)(Symons, 1884) Amabbrea 1906 (CRO, CH/34/7, 1906) Amalebry 1906 (*CRO, CH/34/6, 1906) Amalebrea 1907 (*CRO, CH/33/9, 1907) Amblebrea 1936 (*CRO, DG/224, 1936) Amalbrea 1971 (Russell, 1971, p79) Amalebrea 1985 (Pool, 1985, p36) Amalebra 1992 (OS, 1:25000, 1992) Amalebra 2005 (OS, 1:25000, 2005)