Higher Gear (EN) / Ker Wartha (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

gwartha

Meaning: 
higher

ker

Meaning: 
fort
Elements notes: 
<ker> ‘fort, enclosed farm’ + <gwartha> 'higher'
Historic forms: 
Higher Gear 1995 (OS 1995)