Lower Biscovillack (EN) / Boskevelek Woles (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Treverbyn
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

bos

Meaning: 
dwelling

goles

Meaning: 
lower

kevelek

Meaning: 
woodcock
Elements notes: 
<bos> ‘dwelling’ + <kevelek> ‘woodcock’ – possibly used as a personal name here + <goles> 'lower'
Historic forms: 
Lr. Boskevillick 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Lr. Biscavillet 1856 (OS 1856) Lower Boskevillick 1884 (farm) (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Lower Biscovallack 1972 (CA 11, 1972, p72) (Bond, 2009)