Trevenwith (EN) / Trefinwedh (KW)

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

finwedh

Meaning: 
end, limit

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <finwedh> ‘end, limit’
Historic forms: 
Trefinwed c1250 (Gover, 1948) Trefinwed 1300 (Henderson) Trefinweth 1318 (Henderson) Trefynweth 1333 (Henderson) Trefynweth 1334 (Gover, 1948) Trefynweth 1386 (Gover, 1948) Trefynweth 1413 (Gover, 1948) Trefynwith 1472 (Gover, 1948) Trevynwyth 1517 (Henderson) Trevenwith 1641 (in the manor of Treleever alias Reskymer Meneake alias Meneake Reskymer)(RIC, HB/8/72, *HendCal 5, c.1920s, §224, 1641) Trevenwith 1649 (Henderson) Trevenvith 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trevenwith 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevenwith 1856 (OS, 1856) Trevenvith 1884 (farm, 173 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trevenwith 1908 (OS, 1908) Trevenwith 1948 (Gover, 1948) Trevenwith 1974 (OS, 1974) Trevenwith 2016 (OS, 2016)