Trewillis (EN) / Trewyllys (KW)

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

gwyllys

Meaning: 
?Obscure

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + ?<gwyllys> obscure
Historic forms: 
Trewelles c1300 (Gover, 1948)(Henderson) Trewelles 1318 (Henderson) Trewelles, 1327 (Gover, 1948) Trewyllys 1434 (Gover, 1948) Trewylles 1517 (Henderson) Trewillis 1699 (Gascoyne, 1699) Trewillis 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trewillis 1842 (TA, 1842) Trewillis 1856 (OS, 1856) Trewillis 1884 (2 farms, 193 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trewillis 1908 (OS, 1908) Trewillis 1948 (Gover, 1948) Trewillis 1974 (OS, 1974) Trewillis 2016 (OS, 2016)