Boscarne Mill (EN) / Melin Boskarn (KW)

Type: 
Infrastructure
Parish: 
Lanivet
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

melin

Meaning: 
mill

bos

Meaning: 
dwelling

karn

Meaning: 
crag, tor, cairn
Elements notes: 
<melin> 'mill' + <bos> ‘dwelling’ + <karn> ‘crag, tor, cairn’
Historic forms: 
Boscarne Mill 1840 (Tithe Map 1840) Boscarne Mill 1902 (Kelly’s Directory, 1902) Boscarne Mill (subdivision of Boscarn post 1930) 1989 (Douglas, 1989)