Perlees (EN) / Pennles (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Breock
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

les

Meaning: 
?Obscure

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘end, head, headland’ + <les> obscure - possibly vegetated area
Historic forms: 
Penles 1208 (Gover, 1948) Penles 1259 (Gover, 1948) Penles 1292 (Gover, 1948) Penles 1314 (Gover, 1948) Penlees 1284 (Gover, 1948) Penleese alias Peleese 1640 (Gover, 1948)