Trewoon (EN) / Trewoon (KW)

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

goon

Meaning: 
downs

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <goon> ‘downs’
Historic forms: 
Trewouan juxta Seynt Keveran 1340 (Gover, 1948) Trevowan 1472 (Gover, 1948) Trewoone als Trenone 1650 (Henderson) Trewoon alias Troon 1687 (Gover, 1948) Trewoon 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Trewoon 1842 (TA, 1842) Trewoon 1884 (2 farms, 76 acres)(Symons, 1884) Trewoon 1908 (OS, 1908) Trewoon 1974 (OS, 1974) Trewoon 2016 (OS, 2016)