Lesingey Lane (EN) / Bownder Lysyngi (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

bownder

Meaning: 
lane

lys

Meaning: 
court

Yngi

This refers to the name of a person: 
name
Meaning: 
(Personal name)
Elements notes: 
<bownder> 'lane' + <lys> ‘court’ + <Yngi> personal name {Iunci} (Gover, The Place-Names of Cornwall, 1948, p. 713)
Historic forms: 
Lesingey Round 1974 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974) Lesingey Round 1974 (OS 1974) Lesingey Round 1995 (OS 1995)
English (1)
Lesingey Lane EN.mp3
Cornish (1)
Lesingey Lane KW.mp3