Tregowris (EN) / Tregowres (KW)

Type: 
Parish: 
Hundred: 
Elements: 

kowres

Meaning: 
giantess

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <kowres> ‘giantess’
Historic forms: 
Tregaurez 1202 (Gover, 1948) Tregevres 1260 (Henderson) Trekeeures 1284 (Gover, 1948) Tregevres 1318 (Henderson) Tregeures 1327 (Gover, 1948) Tregaures 1332 (Gover, 1948)(Henderson) Tregowrys 1366 (Gover, 1948) Tregoures 1376 (Gover, 1948) Tregourys 1480 (Henderson) Tregowris 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Tregowris (Mr Hosken) 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Little Tregowris, Part of 1842 (TA, 1842) Tregowris 1842 (TA, 1842) Tregowris and Wangither 1842 (TA, 1842) Tregowris 1856 (OS, 1856) Little Tregowris 1884 (11 acres)(Symons, 1884) Tregowris 1884 (farm, 146 acres)(Symons, 1884) St Jame’s Chapel [site of] 1888 (OS, 1888) Tregowris 1888 (OS, 1888) Tregowris 1908 (OS, 1908) St James’s Chapel (Site of) [at Tregowris] 1908 (OS, 1908) Tregowris 1909 (Mitchell, 1909) Tregowris 1948 (Gover, 1948) Tregowris 1974 (OS, 1974) Tregowris 2016 (OS, 2016)