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Skimmel Bridge
(EN)
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Pons Reskemmel
(KW)
Type:
Infrastructure
Parish:
Madron
Hundred:
Penwith
Elements:
-el
Meaning:
diminutive suffix
kamm
Meaning:
step, bent, crooked
kemmel
Meaning:
small step
pons
Meaning:
bridge
res
Meaning:
ford
Elements notes:
<pons> ‘bridge’ + <res> ‘ford’ <kemmel> ‘small step’ {<kamm> ‘step’ + <-el> diminutive suffix}
Historic forms:
Skimmel Bridge 1995 (OS 1995)