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Port Quin
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Porthgwynn
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Type:
Settlement
Parish:
St Minver Highlands
Hundred:
Triggshire
Elements:
gwynn
Meaning:
white, fair, blessed
porth
Meaning:
cove, gate, harbour
Elements notes:
<porth> 'cove, entrance, landing place' + gwynn 'fair, white, blessed'
Historic forms:
Porquin, Portquin 1201. Potwen c1250. Pordquen 1284. Porthguyn 1296. Porthquyn 1298, 1302, 1346.