Cow-y-Jack (EN) / Kewesik (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

-esik

Meaning: 
adjectival suffix

kew

Meaning: 
enclosure, close
Elements notes: 
<kew> ‘close, enclosure’ + <-esik~-ejik> adjectival suffix
Historic forms: 
Kowedik 1311 (Henderson) Kewedyk 1312 (Gover, 1948) Cewesik 1318 (Henderson) Kywydic 1321 (Henderson) Kywydec 1324 (Gover, 1948) Kewodyk 1327 (Henderson) Cowisyk c1430 (Gover, 1948) Cowijack 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Cowissack 1720 (Henderson) Cowissack 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Cowisack 1805 (Newton, 1981) Kywedjack 1810 (Henderson) Cowisack 1842 (TA, 1842) Cowissack 1844 (tenement)(CRO, TA/99, 1844) Cowissack 1856 (OS, 1856) Cowassack 1884 (Symons, 1884) Cowisack 1888 (OS, 1888) Cowyjack 1908 (OS, 1908) Cowijack 1948 (Gover, 1948) Cowyjack 1968 (CA 7, 1968, p102) Cow-y-jack 1974 (OS, 1974) Cow-y-Jack 1996 (farm)(OS, 1:25000, 1996) Cow-y-Jack 2016 (OS, 2016)