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Karrbons
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Type:
Settlement
Parish:
St Hilary
Hundred:
Penwith
Elements:
Karrbons
Meaning:
Carbis Bay
Elements notes:
karrbons 'causeway'
Historic forms:
First recorded as "Cauceam" in 1284, meaning a ‘causeway or raised road’. The name Carbines was recorded as a family name in the St Hilary TA, with one will record in 1724.
