Roskilly (EN) / Roskelli (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

kelli

Meaning: 
grove

ros

Meaning: 
hill-spur
Elements notes: 
<ros> ‘hill-spur’ + <kelli> ‘copse, grove’
Historic forms: 
Roskelli 1200 (Henderson) Roskelli c1300 (Gover, 1948) Reskelli c1300 (Gover, 1948) Roskilly 1318 (Henderson) Roskilly 1334 (Gover, 1948) Roskylly 1505 (Henderson) Reskellis 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Roskilly 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Roskilly 1908 (OS, 1908) Roskilly 1974 (OS, 1974) Roskilly 2016 (OS, 2016)