Penquite (EN) / Pennkoos (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Keyne
Hundred: 
West Wivelshire
Notes: 
Penquite barn is the site of the original settlement, now a ruin.
Elements: 

koos

Meaning: 
woodland

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
penn 'head, top, end' + koos 'wood'
Historic forms: 
Penquit 1296, Penquyt 1297, Pencoyd 1307, Penquoit 1338, Penquytmylle 1461.