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Chirgwin (now Chirwyn)
(EN)
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Chigorgwynn
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Kea
Hundred:
Powder
Elements:
chi
Meaning:
house
Gorgwynn
This refers to the name of a person:
name
Elements notes:
<chi> ‘house’ + <Gorgwynn> Personal Name {<gour> ‘man’ + <gwynn> ‘holy, white, fair’}
Historic forms:
Chirgwin 1884 (2 tenements)(Symons, 1884) Chirwin 2003 (OS, 1:25000, 2003) Chirwyn 2016 (CC Mapping, 2016)