Penmere (EN) / Pennmeur (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Budock
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Notes: 
1844 - Tenement 1884 - Seat of A L Fox
Elements: 

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top

meur

Meaning: 
great
Elements notes: 
<penn> 'end, head, headland' + <meur> 'great'
Historic forms: 
Penmere 1844 (CRO, TA/22, 1844) Penmere 1884 (Symons, 1884) Penmere 1888 (OS, 1888) Penmere 1909 (OS, 1909) Penmere 1935 (OS, 1935) Penmere Halt (OS, 1935) Penmere House 2015 (CC Mapping, 2015)