Trevean [SE St K.] (EN) / Trevian (KW)

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

bian

Meaning: 
little

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <bian> ‘little’
Historic forms: 
Trebichan c1250 (Gover, 1948) Trevighan 1270 (Gover, 1948) Trevean 1600 (Henderson) Trevean 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Trevean 1842 (TA, 1842) ?Trevean 1884 (farm, 108 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trevean 1908 (OS, 1908) Trevean 1948 (Gover, 1948) Trevean 1974 (OS, 1974) Trevean 2016 (OS, 2016)