Trehyllys (EN) / Penn an Vownder Boschiwolow (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
The farm was renamed, from its former English self-explanatory name, in recent decades, after the nearby Late Iron Age courtyard house settlement of Bosullow Trehyllys. The word in its present form resembles tre ‘farm, settlement’ + henlys ‘old ruin, but is in fact a corruption of crellas ‘courtyard houses’ (the ancient village being Bosullow Crellas in the 19th century.
Elements: 

an

Meaning: 
the

bos

Meaning: 
dwelling

bownder

Meaning: 
lane

chi

Meaning: 
house

golow

Meaning: 
light

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘end, head, headland’ + <an> ‘the’ + <bownder> ‘lane, drive road’ + <Boschiwolow> place-name - Bosullow
Historic forms: 
Pedn an Vownder Boschiwolow or Tregrellas Bosullow Lane End1887, 1963, Trehyllys c1973