Brendon (EN) / Goonspedhas (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Keyne
Hundred: 
West Wivelshire
Notes: 
The element brem (Bremdon, 1296) may be linked to Cornish brom ‘broom’ or Old English brēmel ‘bramble, blackberry-bush’. Selected spedhas ‘briars’ as a non-specific option.
Elements: 

goon

Meaning: 
downs

spedhas

Meaning: 
briars, brambles
Elements notes: 
goon 'downland' + spedhas 'brambles, briars'
Historic forms: 
Bremdon 1296, 1297, Brandon c1480, Brendon 1509.