Gwingeas [rocks] (EN) / Gwynsys (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

-ys

gwyns

Meaning: 
wind
Elements notes: 
<gwyns> ‘wind’ + <-ys> ‘place of’
Historic forms: 
Wingoes 1851 (Weatherhill) Gwinges 1888 (OS, 1888) Gwinges 1908 (OS, 1908) Gwingeas 1948 (Gover, 1948) Gwinges 1974 (OS, 1974) Gwinges 2016 (OS, 2016)