Treskewes (EN) / Treskewys (KW)

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

skewys

Meaning: 
screened, sheltered

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <skewys> ‘screened, sheltered’
Historic forms: 
Treskewyec 1282 (Henderson) Treskewys 1315 (Gover, 1948) Treskewys 1332 (Henderson) Treskewys 1334 (Gover, 1948) Treskewis 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Treskuis 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Treskewis 1805 (Newton, 1981) Little Treskewis, Part of 1842 (TA, 1842) Treskewes 1842 (TA, 1842) Treskewis 1842 (TA, 1842) Treskuis 1856 (OS, 1856) Treskewis 1884 (2 farms, 112 acres)(Symons, 1884) Treskewes 1888 (OS, 1888) Treskewes 1908 (OS, 1908) Treskewes 1948 (Gover, 1948) Treskewes 1974 (OS, 1974) Treskewes 2016 (OS, 2016)