Trengwainton (EN) / Trengwenton (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement

an

Meaning: 
the

gwenton

Meaning: 
spring (season)
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead’ + <an> ‘the’ + <gwenton> ‘spring’
Historic forms: 
Tredygwaenton 1302 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Tregwaynton 1317 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Trethigwaynton 1319 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Trenygwaynton 1324/1325 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Trewygwaynton 1325 (Pool, 1985) Trenguenton 1371 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Trengwaynton 1565 (Gover, 1948) (Pool, 1985) Tringwenton 1584 Weatherhill Trengwenton 1659 (Pool, 1985) Trengwanton c.1660 Weatherhill Trengwainton - Arundell Esq 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trengwainton 1808 Weatherhill Trengwainton 1838 (Gilbert, 1838) Trengwainton Carn 1974 (OS 1974) Trengwainton House 1974 (OS 1974) Carn Lodge 1995 (OS 1995) Trengwainton Carn 1995 (OS 1995) Trengwainton Farm 1995 (OS 1995) Trengwainton House 1995 (OS 1995)