Higher Trye (EN) / Trevri Wartha (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

gwartha

Meaning: 
higher

ri

Meaning: 
king

trev

Meaning: 
farmstead
Elements notes: 
<trev> ‘farmstead’ + <ri> obscure – may be linked to <ruw> ‘king’ + <gwartha> 'higher'
Historic forms: 
Treury 1321, 1326, 1327, Trevry 1325, 1342, Trefrye, Trewrye 1523, Trye 1624. Higher Trye 1995 (OS 1995)