Cardinney (EN) / Kardeni (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Buryan
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
In this case the initial letter [t] of <Teni> is lenited to [d] because the first element <ker/kar> is feminine.
Elements: 

kar

Meaning: 
fort

Teni

This refers to the name of a person: 
name

-i

Meaning: 
stream suffix
Elements notes: 
<kar> ‘fort, enclosed farm’ + <Teni> stream name, with <-i> river suffix
Historic forms: 
Caerdeny 1327 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Caerdeni 1339 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Caerdyny 1427 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Cardinney 1809 (Hewitt, John; 1809) Cardinney 1844 (CRO, TA/23, 1844) (Bond, 2009) Cardinnis 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Cardinney 1888 (OS, 6”, 1888) (Bond, 2009) Cardinney 1908 (OS, 1908) Cardinney 1971 (Russell, 1971, p13) (Bond, 2009)