Trevithian (EN) / Trevydhyan (KW)

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

Mydhyan

Meaning: 
Mithian

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <Mydhyan> Personal name {<mydh> obscure + <genos> ‘born’}
Historic forms: 
Trevithian 1200 (Henderson) Trevithian c1300 (Gover, 1948) Trewydian 1318 (Henderson) Trevydyan 1327 (Gover, 1948) Trevithyan 1340 (Henderson) Trevithian juxta Nanbol 1340 (Gover, 1948) Trevithyan 1504 (Henderson) Trevithian 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trevithan 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevithan Common 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevivian 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevivian 1856 (OS, 1856) Trevivian (farm, 120 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trevithian 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884) Trevithian 1888 (OS, 1888) Trevithian 1908 (OS, 1908) Trevithian 1974 (OS, 1974) Trevithian 2016 (OS, 2016)