Nanjizal (EN) / Nans Isel (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Levan
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

nans

Meaning: 
valley

isel

Meaning: 
low
Elements notes: 
<nans> 'valley' + <isel> 'low'
Historic forms: 
Nansisul 1302 (HER 28391, 2012) Nansusul juxta Bodistou 1302 (Gover, 1948) Nant Gissell 1584 (Weatherhill) Nanjesel 1699 (Weatherhill) Nanjisel 1839 (Weatherhill) Nangisal 1851 (Weatherhill) Nanjizal 1908 (OS, 1908) Nanjizal 1937 (NA Holt/563) Nanjizal 1956-1965 (NA, IPR/6/17) Nanjizal 2015 [settlement] (OS, 2015)