Treneere (EN) / Trenyer (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Penzance
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

an

Meaning: 
the

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement

yer

Meaning: 
chickens
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead’ + <an> ‘the’ + <yer> ‘chickens’
Historic forms: 
Trenyer 1280 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Treyer 1298 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Trenyer 1317 (Gover, 1948) Trenyer 1325 (Gover, 1948) Treyer 1326 (Gover, 1948) Treyer juxta Alverton 1326 (Gover, 1948) Trenyermur 1350 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Trenyerbighan 1350 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Trevyer juxta Pensans 1371 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Trenere 1523 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Treneare 1598 Weatherhill Treneere / Treneyr 1668 (Pool, 1985) Trenear 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trenear 1838 (Gilbert, 1838) Treneer 1974 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974) Treneere Estate 1995 (OS 1995)