Twelvewoods (EN) / Kosdewblek (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Dobwalls & Trewidland
Hundred: 
West Wivelshire
Elements: 

dewblek

Meaning: 
double

koos

Meaning: 
woodland
Elements notes: 
Etymology: OWS<twifeald> ‘double {<twā> ‘two’ + <fealdan> ‘fold’} + <wudu> ‘wood’ ECF: <koos> 'wood' + <dewblek> 'double'
Historic forms: 
Trewyfoldewode 1357 (Gover, 1948) Twyvoldewode 1401 (Gover, 1948) Twyfoldwode 1418 (Gover, 1948) Tweyfoldwode 1418 (Gover, 1948) Twyvaldewode 1446 (Gover, 1948) Twyvalewode 1498 (Gover, 1948) Great Twelvewood 1889 (OS) Little Twelvewood 1889 (OS) Great Twelvewoods 2015 (OS) Little Twelvewoods 2015 (OS)