Tregarthen (EN) / Tregerdhin (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Zennor
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

kerdhin

Meaning: 
rowan tree

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
tre 'farmstead, settlement' + kerdhin 'rowan tree'
Historic forms: 
Tregyrthyn 1519, 1523, ?Tregithen, Tregirthen c1570, Tregowrath 1659, Turkern 1699, Tregerris, Tregarthen 1701, Tregerton, Tregerthen 1817