Roseweek (EN) / Roswig (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Pentewan Valley
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

gwig

Meaning: 
forest settlement

ros

Meaning: 
hill-spur
Elements notes: 
<ros> ‘hill-spur’ + <gwig> ‘forest settlement’
Historic forms: 
Rosweg' 1327 Roseweek 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Roseweek 1856 (OS 1856) Roseweek 1888 (OS 1888) Roseweek Plantation 1888 (OS 1888) Roseweek 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Roseweek 2014 (OS 2014)