Trelion (EN) / Treleghyon (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Stephen in Brannel
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

leghyon

Meaning: 
slabs, ledges

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> 'farmstead' + leghyon 'slates, slabs'
Historic forms: 
Trefleghion 1334, Trefleghion 1334, Treflyghan 1422, Trelyghon 1483, Trelighan 1583.