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Karnbian
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Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Treverbyn
Hundred:
Powder
Elements:
bian
Meaning:
little
karn
Meaning:
crag, tor, cairn
Elements notes:
<karn> ‘crag, tor, cairn’ + <bian> ‘little’
Historic forms:
Carnbyan 1357 Carnvehan 1536 (Hext, 1953, p2, citing from 1536) (Bond, 2009) Carbean 1537 (Hext, 1953, p2, citing from 1537) (Bond, 2009) Carnbehan 1541 (Hext, 1953, p2, citing from 1541) (Bond, 2009) Carbean 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Carbean 1856 (OS 1856) Carbean 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Carbean 1888 (OS 1888) Carbean 2003 (OS, 1:25000, 2003) (Bond, 2009) Carbean 2014 (OS 2014)