Pentewan Railway (EN) / Hyns horn Bentewyn (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Pentewan Valley
Hundred: 
Powder
Notes: 
St Austell and Pentewan Railway transported china clay to the harbour in Pentewan, first horse-drawn later steam powered. Closed in 1918
Elements: 

ben

Meaning: 
foot (of a hill, stream)

hyns horn

Meaning: 
railway

tewyn [2]

Meaning: 
glittering, sparkling
Elements notes: 
<hyns horn> 'railway' + <ben> ‘foot’ + <tewyn> river name (glittering, sparkling)
Historic forms: 
Pentewan Railway 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Pentewan Tramway 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Pentewan Railway 1888 (OS 1888)