Polteggan (EN) / Polltegen (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

poll

Meaning: 
pool

tegen

Meaning: 
jewel, pretty thing
Elements notes: 
Etymology: <poll> ‘pool’ + <tegen> ‘jewel, pretty thing’ (diminutive of <teg>).
Historic forms: 
Poultegan 1680 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Polteggan 1691 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Poltegan 1757 (*CRO, P133/12/1, 1757) (Bond, 2009) Polteggan 1819 (*CRO, P133/16b/1, 1819) (Bond, 2009) Polteggan c.1828 (The Gazette (London)) Polteggan mill-pond c.1828 (The Gazette (London)) Pulteggan 1842 (CRO, TA/133, 1842) (Bond, 2009) Polteggan 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Polteggan 1928 (Jennings, 1928)