Lower Trembath (EN) / Trenbagh (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
N.B. Lower Trembath was originally just Trembath
Elements: 

an

Meaning: 
the

bagh

Meaning: 
hook, nook, corner

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead’ + <an> ‘the’ + <bagh> ‘hook, nook, corner’
Historic forms: 
Trembaghwoles 1361 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Trembagh Wollas 1587 (Gover, 1948) Lower Trembath 1782 (*CRO, P133/5/1, 1782) (Bond, 2009) Lower Trembath 1841 (Census, 1841) Lower Trembath 1842 (tenement)(CRO, TA/133, 1842) (Bond, 2009) Lower Trembath 1861 (Census, 1861) Lower Trembath 1871 (Census, 1871) Lower Trembath 1881 (Census, 1881) Lower Trembath 1884 (33 acres)(Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009)