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Asnodhow
EN
KW
Nancothan
(EN)
/
Nansgodhan
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Redruth
Hundred:
Kerrier
Notes:
house name
Elements:
godhan
Meaning:
place of watercourses
nans
Meaning:
valley
Elements notes:
Etymology: <nans> ‘valley’ + <godhan> ‘place of water-courses’ {<goodh> ‘water-course’ + <-an> ‘place of’ suffix.
Historic forms:
Nancothan Houses 1594 (RIC, HB/14/191, *HendCal 5, c.1920s, §98, 1594) Nacotha 1640 (RIC, HB/11/9, *HendCal 5, c.1920s, §1015, 1640) Nancothan House 1884 (at Pednandrea, Mrs Dennis)(Symons, 1884)