Carvath (EN) / Karvargh (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Austell
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

karn

Meaning: 
crag, tor, cairn

Margh

This refers to the name of a person: 
name
Elements notes: 
< karn> ‘crag, tor, cairn’ + <Margh> personal name - Mark
Historic forms: 
Karnarh 1224 Caruareth c.1251 (NA - ART/1/1) Carvargh 1338 Thos. Pascou of Carvarg' 1354 (NA ME/537/1,2) Carvargh 1350 Carvergh juxta Seynt Austell 1476 Careveigh alias Carvergh 1591 (Manor of Treverbyn Courtnay Survey, 1591) Carvarth 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Carvath 1856 (OS 1856) Carvarth 1884 (6 tenements)(Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Carvath 1888 (OS 1888) East Lane Carvath 1888 (OS 1888) Carveth 1972 (CA 11, 1972, p73) (Bond, 2009)