Trelyn (EN) / Trelynn (KW)

Type: 
Parish: 
Hundred: 
Elements: 

lynn

Meaning: 
pool, pond

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <lynn> ‘pond, pool’
Historic forms: 
Trelen 1315 (Gover, 1948) Trelyn 1318 (Henderon) Trelyn 1386 (Gover, 1948) Trelyn 1586 (Henderson) Trelyn 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Trelyn 1726 (CRO, SP/13, 1726) Trelin 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trelyn 1842 (TA, 1842) Trelin 1856 (OS, 1856) Trelyn 1884 (village and farm, 41 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trelyn 1888 (OS, 1888) Trelyn Lane 1909 (Mitchell, 1909) Trelyn 1908 (OS, 1908) Trelyn 2016 (OS, 2016)