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Chyanhor
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Chi an Hordh
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
St Levan
Hundred:
Penwith
Notes:
Although nothing remains, this is the location of the family home in the story Jowan Chi an Hordh, written by Nicholas Boson and printed in Archaeologia Britannicum by Edward Lhuyd.
Elements:
an
Meaning:
the
chi
Meaning:
house
hordh
Meaning:
ram
Elements notes:
chi 'house' an 'the' + hordh 'ram'
Historic forms:
Chyenhorth juxta Trengoethal 1349, Chyenhorth, Chyanhor 1370, 1415, Chynor 1731, Chyanor 1841, Chyannor c1880.