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Polkinghorne
(EN)
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Pollkenhorn
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Madron
Hundred:
Penwith
Elements:
Kenhorn
This refers to the name of a person:
name
poll
Meaning:
pool
Elements notes:
<Pollkenhorn> Locational family name cf. Polkinghorne (Gwinear) = <poll> ‘pool, pit’ + <Kenhorn> British personal name {<cuno ken> ‘hound’ + <isarnos horn> ‘iron’}
Historic forms:
Polkinghorne 1843 (Tenement)(CRO, AD59/33 (TA), 1843)