Sconhoe (EN) / Heskennow (KW)

Type: 
Misc
Parish: 
St Austell
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

heskennow

Meaning: 
sedges
Elements notes: 
<heskennow> ‘area of sedges’
Historic forms: 
Heskennou juxta Tregevarres 1302 Eskennou 1513 Sconhoe 1856 (OS 1856) Sconhoe [settlement] 1888 (OS 1888) Sconhoe Beach 1888 (OS 1888) Sconhoe Rock (Mevagissey) 1888 (OS 1888) Sconhoe Beach 2014 (OS 2014)