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Pen-Win
(EN)
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Pennwynn
(KW)
Type:
Coastal Feature
Parish:
St Keverne
Hundred:
Kerrier
Elements:
gwynn
Meaning:
white, fair, blessed
penn
Meaning:
head, end, top
Elements notes:
<penn> head, headland, end’ + <gwynn> ‘white, fair, holy’
Historic forms:
Pen-win 1851 (Weatherhill)