Trenithon (EN) / Treneythin (KW)

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

an

Meaning: 
the

eythin

Meaning: 
gorse

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <an> ‘the’ + <eythin> ‘gorse’
Historic forms: 
Treneithin 1202 (Gover, 1948) Treneython c1300 (Gover, 1948) Trewoethyn 1318 (Henderson) [“w” misread for “n”?] Trenython 1350 (Henderson) Trenithon 1695 (Survey, 1695) Trenithon 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Trenithon Wast 1720 (Gover, 1948) Trenithon Wast 1770 (Henderson) Trenithen 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Little Trenithon 1842 (TA, 1842) Little Trenithon Waste 1842 (TA, 1842) Trenithon 1842 (TA, 1842) Little Trenithen 1884 (2 farms, 42 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trenithen 1884 (34 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trenithen 1908 (OS, 1908) Trenithen Waste 1908 (OS, 1908) Trenithon 1974 (OS, 1974) Trenithon 2016 (OS, 2016)