Wheal Captain (EN) / Hwel Kapten (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Redruth
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Notes: 
On site of Wheal Paul, Wheal Captain opened in 1787 and was abandoned in 1798
Elements: 

hwel

Meaning: 
works, mine

kapten

Meaning: 
captain
Elements notes: 
ECF: <hwel> ‘mine, workings’ + <kapten> ‘captain’
Historic forms: 
Wheal Captain Field 1841 (Trewirgie)(TA895, 1841)