Trenance Downs (EN) / Goon Trenans Austel (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
Treverbyn
Hundred: 
Powder
Notes: 
Amended from Drenans to Trenans
Elements: 

Austel

This refers to the name of a person: 
name

goon

Meaning: 
downs

nans

Meaning: 
valley

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
goon 'downland' + tre 'farm, settlement' + nans 'valley'
Historic forms: 
Trenant 1086, 1395, Trenansaustel 1284, 1302, 1303, 1306, Trenans 1334, 1380.