Penstrace (EN) / Pennstras (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Lanivet
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Notes: 
Penstrace is last recorded as a tenement in the 1840 Tithe Award (b1). The location is now deserted.
Elements: 

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top

stras

Meaning: 
flat-bottomed valley
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘head, headland, principal, end, top’ + <stras> ‘ flat-bottomed valley’
Historic forms: 
Penstrassa 1505 (N.A. – P110/25/31) ?Penscrace 1518-1529 (N.A. – C1/530/6)