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Nanskledri
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Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Towednack
Hundred:
Penwith
Notes:
Personal name *Clodri/Cludri (from Br. (Breton) Hluto-rig-s, ‘kingly fame’).
Elements:
nans
Meaning:
valley
Kledri
This refers to the name of a person:
name
Elements notes:
<nans> 'valley' + <Kledri> Hanow personek
Historic forms:
Nanscludri 1302, 1342 Nanscludry 1324, 1327 Nanscludery 1659 {from Pool} Nanscledry 1748 Necledre 1755 {from Pool} Nancledry [TA] {from Pool}