Polmennor aka Penmennor (EN) / Pennmenydh (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Penzance
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

menydh

Meaning: 
hill, mountain

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘head, end, top’ + <menydh> ‘hill, hillside’
Historic forms: 
Penmeneth 1415 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Penmenith 1560 (Pool, 1985) Penmenor 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Penmennith 1833 (Pool, 1985) Polmennor c.1840 (TA 1840) (Pool, 1985) Penmennor 1948 (Pool, 1985)