Rosevean (EN) / Rosvian (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Penzance
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

ros

Meaning: 
hill-spur

vian

Meaning: 
little, small
Elements notes: 
<ros> ‘hill-spur, heath’ + <vian> ‘little’
Historic forms: 
Rosevean 1845 (Penzance – tenement)(CRO, TA/179, 1845) (Bond, 2009)