Cownance Mill (EN) / Melin Kewnans (KW)

Type: 
Infrastructure
Parish: 
Kea
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

kewnans

Meaning: 
enclosed or steep-sided valley

melin

Meaning: 
mill
Elements notes: 
<melin> 'mill' + <kewnans> 'enclosed or steep sided valley'
Historic forms: 
Cowman Mill 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Cownance Mill 1856 (OS, 1856) Cownans Mill 1884 (Symons, 1884) Cownance Mill 1884 (William Burley is the miller) (Symons, 1884)