Trembraze (EN) / Trenbras (KW)

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

an

Meaning: 
the

bras

Meaning: 
big

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <an> ‘the’ <bras> ‘big’
Historic forms: 
Trenbras 1085 (Henderson) Trenbras 1086 (Gover, 1948) Trembraz 1258 (Henderson) Trenbras 1302 (Gover, 1948)(Henderson) Trembras 1334 (Gover, 1948) Trembras Veour and Vyan 1526 (Henderson) Trembras 1548 (Gover, 1948) Trebrase 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trembraze 1842 (TA, 1842) Trebrase 1856 (OS, 1856) Trebrase 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884) Trembraze 1884 (farm, 81 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trembraze 1888 (OS, 1888) Trembraze 1908 (OS, 1908) Trembraze 1948 (Gover, 1948) Trembraze 1974 (OS, 1974) Trembraze 2016 (OS, 2016)