Bartinney Hill (EN) / Barr Teni (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
St Just
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

-an

Meaning: 
place suffix

barr

Meaning: 
summit, top

Teni

This refers to the name of a person: 
name
Elements notes: 
<barr> ‘summit, top’ + <Teni> stream name, with <-i> river suffix
Historic forms: 
Bartinny Hill 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Bartinney Hill 1700 (Weatherhill) Pertinney 1809 [the hill] (Hewitt, John; 1809) Bartinney Hill 2011 (Weatherhill, 2011)