Old Lanyon (EN) / Lynnyeyn Goth (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
Deserted medieval settlement excavated in 1967
Elements: 

koth

Meaning: 
old

lynn

Meaning: 
pool, pond

yeyn

Meaning: 
cold
Elements notes: 
<lynn> ‘pond, pool’ + <yeyn> ‘cold’ + <koth> 'old'
Historic forms: 
Liniein, Leniein, Lenien 1214, Linyeine 1244, Lenyen 1285, Lynyeyn 1326, Lanyayn 1443, Lennyen 1447.