Mulvra (EN) / Molvra (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Austell
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

mol

Meaning: 
bare

bre

Meaning: 
hill
Elements notes: 
<mol> ‘bare’ + <bre> ‘hill’
Historic forms: 
Moilvre 1256 Moelvre juxta Trenans 1340 Molvremur 1370 Molvrebyan 1370 Molfremelle 1409 Molvra 1456 Mulvera 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Mulvra 1856 (OS 1856) Mulvra Mine 1856 (OS 1856) Mulvra 1888 (OS 1888) Mulvra 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Mulvra 2014 (OS 2014)