Pedn Boar (EN) / Pedn Borr (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

borr

Meaning: 
protuberance, swelling

pedn

Meaning: 
head, top, end
Elements notes: 
<pedn> ‘head, headland, end’ + <borr> ‘hump’
Historic forms: 
Pedenbore 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Penden-bore 1724 (Weatherhill) Pedn Boar 1743 (Weatherhill) Pedn Boar 1748 (Gover, 1948) Pedn Boar 1813 (Weatherhill) Pedn Boar 1866 (Weatherhill) Pedn Boar Point 1884 (Symons, 1884) Pedn Boar 1907 (headland)(OS, 25”, 1907) Pedn Boar 1908 (OS, 1908) Pedn Boar 1974 (OS, 1974) Pedn Boar 1996 (OS, 1996) Pedn Boar 2016 (OS, 2016) Pedn Board (undated)(Weatherhill)