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Higher Kerriers
(EN)
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Kerres Wartha
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Withiel
Hundred:
Pydarshire
Notes:
believed to be Higher Kirriers, now known as Kerriers, located at Inchs.
Elements:
gwartha
Meaning:
higher
ker
Meaning:
fort
res
Meaning:
ford
Elements notes:
<ker> ‘fort, enclosed farm’ + <res> ‘ford’ + <gwartha> 'higher'
Historic forms:
Hr. Curras 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Higher Curras 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884)