Trewhela (EN) / Trehwila (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Enoder
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Notes: 
Written Trewheela on current maps
Elements: 

hwila

Meaning: 
place of beetles

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <hwila> ‘beetle place’ {<hwil> ‘beetle’ + <-a> ‘descriptive suffix’}
Historic forms: 
Trewhyla 1286 (Gover, 1948) Trewyla 1321 (Gover, 1948) Trewhyla 1334 (Gover, 1948) Trewila 1334 (Gover, 1948) Trewela 1334 (Gover, 1948) Trewila 1356 (Gover, 1948)