Gidnel Moor (EN) / Goon Ajwa Ydnyal (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

goon

Meaning: 
downs

ajwa

Meaning: 
gap, breach, aperture

ydnyal

Meaning: 
desolate, wild
Elements notes: 
<goon> ‘down’ + <ajwa> ‘gap, pass, breach’ + <ydnyal> ‘desolate, wild’
Historic forms: 
Goone Agga Idniall 1670 Weatherhill Agnidal Downs 1769 (Borlase, 1769, p178) (Bond, 2009) Adjidnall Common 1778 Weatherhill Nangidnall Croft 1841 Weatherhill Anguidal Downs c.1870 Weatherhill Gendhal Moor c.1870 Weatherhill Gidnel Moor 1948 (Gover, 1948)