Wheal Alice (EN) / Hwel Alis (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Redruth
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Notes: 
Also known as East Wheal Tolgus
Elements: 

Alis

This refers to the name of a person: 
name

hwel

Meaning: 
works, mine
Elements notes: 
ECF: <hwel> ‘mine, workings’ + <Alis> Personal Name – Cornish form of Alice
Historic forms: 
Wheal Alice 1877 (OS, 1877)