Pondhu (EN) / Ponsdu (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Austell
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

pons

Meaning: 
bridge

du

Meaning: 
black
Elements notes: 
<pons> ‘bridge’ + <du> ‘black’
Historic forms: 
Pondhu 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Pond-dhu House 1888 (OS 1888) Pond-Dhu Ho 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974)