Trevean [W 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: 
Trevighan 1270 (Henderson) Trelbichen 1280 (Henderson) Trevyan 1300 (Henderson) Trevyghan 1354 (Gover, 1948) Trebyhan or Trebian c1500 (Gover, 1948) Trevean 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Trevean 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Little Trevean 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevean 1842 (TA, 1842) ?Little Trevean 1884 (10 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trevean 1908 (OS, 1908) Little Trevean 1908 (OS, 1908) Trevean 1974 (OS, 1974) Little Trevean 2016 (OS, 2016) Trevean 2016 (OS, 2016)