Nambol (EN) / Nansbolgh (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

bolgh

Meaning: 
gap, pass

nans

Meaning: 
valley
Elements notes: 
<nans> ‘valley> + <bolgh> ‘gap, pass’
Historic forms: 
Nanbol 1321 (Henderson) Nanboll 1323 (Gover, 1948) Trevithian juxta Nanbol 1340 (Gover, 1948)(Henderson) Nansbol 1365 (Gover, 1948) Nenbole 1435 (Gover, 1948) Nansboll 1506 (Henderson) Namboll alias Lamboll 1624 (Henderson) Nambell 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Namboll 1805 (Newton, 1981) Nambol 1842 (TA, 1842) Nambel? 1856 (OS, 1856) Nambele 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884) Nambol 1888 (OS, 1888) Nambol 1908 (OS, 1908) Nambol 1948 (Gover, 1948) Nambol 1974 (OS, 1974) Nambol 2016 (OS, 2016)