Trevean (EN) / Trevian (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement

bian

Meaning: 
little
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead’ + <bian> ‘small’
Historic forms: 
Trebyghan 1291 (Pool, 1985) Trevean c.1840 (TA 1840) (Pool, 1985) Trevean 1884 (Gover, 1948) Trevean 1888 Weatherhill Trevean Farm 1995 (OS 1995)