Chygwyne (EN) / Chigwynn (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Kea
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

chi

Meaning: 
house

gwynn

Meaning: 
white, fair, blessed
Elements notes: 
<chi> ‘house’ + <gwynn> ‘white, fair, holy’
Historic forms: 
Chigwine 1604 (Gover, 1948) Chigwin in Key 1634 (Gover, 1948) Chegwyne 1948 (Gover, 1948) Chygwyne 2003 (OS, 1:25000, 2003) Chygwyne 2016 (CC Mapping, 2016)