Batten’s Wharf (EN) / Kay Gwara Batten (KW)

Type: 
Infrastructure
Parish: 
Penzance
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

Batten

This refers to the name of a person: 
name

kay gwara

Meaning: 
wharf
Elements notes: 
<kay gwara> ‘wharf’ + <Batten> family name
Historic forms: 
Batten’s Wharf 1888 (OS, 6”, 1888) (Bond, 2009) Batten’s Wharf 1974 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974, p. 5)