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Mappa
Hwilas
A-Z
Asnodhow
EN
KW
Penryn
(EN)
/
Pennrynn
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Penryn
Hundred:
Kerrier
Notes:
Attested in the texts: penryn(2)
Elements:
penn
Meaning:
head, end, top
rynn
Meaning:
point of land
Elements notes:
penn 'head, end, top' + rynn 'point of land, bluff'
Historic forms:
Penryn 1236, 1284, 1414, Penrin 1259, 1307, Penren 1274, 1302, 1310, 1337, 1342, Peryn 1337, Penryn Burgh 1373, Penrynburgh 1384, Peryn 1388 - 1602, Perynburgh 1487.