Penhedra (EN) / Pennhirdrum (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Treverbyn
Hundred: 
Powder
Notes: 
Now lost under spoil heap at Alseveor China Clay works
Elements: 

hirdrum

Meaning: 
long ridge

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘head, end’ + <hirdrum> ‘long-ridge’
Historic forms: 
Penhirdrym 1414 Penhedra 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Penhedra 1856 (OS 1856) Penhedra 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Penhedra 1888 (OS 1888)