Carnpesseck (EN) / Karn Pesek (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

karn

Meaning: 
crag, tor, cairn

pesek

Meaning: 
rotten
Elements notes: 
<karn> ‘crag, tor, cairn’ + <pesek> ‘decayed, rotten’
Historic forms: 
Karpesak 1230 (Gover, 1948) (CA 7, 1968, p103, citing from 1230) Karpesel 1230 (Henderson) Carpesek 1300 (Gover, 1948) Carnpesek 1346 (Gover, 1948) Carnpesek 1505 (Henderson) Corpessack 1710 (Henderson) Corpessach 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Carn Passack 1842 (TA, 1842) Carn-Pessack 1844 (tenement)(CRO, TA/99, 1844) Carnpessack 1856 (OS, 1856) Carnpessack 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884) Cornpessack 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884) Carnpessack 1908 (OS, 1908) Carnpessack 1948 (Gover, 1948) Carnpesseck 1974 (OS, 1974) Carnpessack 1996 (OS, 1996) Carnpesseck 2016 (OS, 2016)