Trewint (EN) / Trewyns (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Altarnun
Hundred: 
Lesnewth
Elements: 

gwyns

Meaning: 
wind

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> 'farmstead' + gwyns 'wind'
Historic forms: 
Trawint 1086. Trewynt 1300, Magna Trewynt 1324. Trewent 1332. Lytyltrewynt 1336. Liteltrewent in 1534.