Nanceglos aka Nanzeglos (EN) / Nanseglos (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

eglos

Meaning: 
church

nans

Meaning: 
valley
Elements notes: 
<nans> ‘valley’ + <eglos> ‘church’
Historic forms: 
Nanseglos 1315 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Nanseglos 1327 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Nanseglos c.1640 (TA 1840) (Pool, 1985)