Rescorla (EN) / Roskorla (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Treverbyn
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

-la

Meaning: 
place suffix

kor

Meaning: 
hedge, boundary

ros

Meaning: 
hill-spur
Elements notes: 
<ros> ‘hill-spur’ + <kor> ‘hedge, boundary’ + <le/-la> ‘place’
Historic forms: 
Roscorle 1360 Rescorle 1391 Rescorla 1602 (settlement)(Manor of Treverbyn Courtnay Survey, 1602) Rescorlar 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Roscorlar 1856 (OS 1856) Rescorlar 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Roscorla 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Rescorla 1888 (OS 1888) Rescorla 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Roscorla 2014 (OS 2014)