Trelanvean (EN) / Trelann Vian (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

bian

Meaning: 
little

lann

Meaning: 
enclosure

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> 'farmstead' + <lann> 'enclosure' + <bian> 'little'
Historic forms: 
Trelanbichan c.1250 (Henderson) Trelanbigan c1250 (Gover, 1948) Trelanbighan 1250 (Henderson) Thomas de Trelan byghan 1278 (Henderson) Trelanbihan 1285 (Henderson) Trelanbighan 1296 (Gover, 1948) Trelanbighan 1300 (Henderson) Trelanbighan 1306 (Gover, 1948) Trelangyghan 1350 (Henderson) Trelandvean 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Trelanvean 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trelan Vean 1884 (Symons, 1884) Trelanvean 1908 (OS, 1908) Trelanvean 1948 (Gover, 1948) Trelanvean 1974 (OS, 1974) Trelanvean 2016 (OS, 2016)