Trevothen (EN) / Trewodhyn (KW)

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

godhyn

Meaning: 
little watercourse

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <godhyn> ‘little water-course’
Historic forms: 
Trevoydon 1327 (Gover, 1948)(Henderson) Trewoethyn 1333 (Henderson) Trewoethyn 1334 (Gover, 1948) Trewothyn c1510 (Gover, 1948) Trevothen 1720 (Gover, 1948)(Henderson) Trevothen 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trevothen 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevothen Downs 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevothen Downs, New Lease 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevothen Downs, Old Lease 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevothens 1842 (TA, 1842) Trevothen 1856 (OS, 1856) Trevothen Downs 1884 (Symons, 1884) Trevothens 1884 (11 tenements, 158 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trevothen 1888 (OS, 1888) Trevothen 1908 (OS, 1908) Trevothen 1974 (OS, 1974) Trevothen 2016 (OS, 2016)