Wheal Tehidy (EN) / Hwel Tihydin (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Redruth
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

hwel

Meaning: 
works, mine

Tihydin

Meaning: 
Tehidy
Elements notes: 
Etymology: <hwel> ‘mine, workings’ + <Tihydin> Place-name
Historic forms: 
Wheal Tehiddy Field 1841 (Tarewaste)(TA829, 1841) Wheal Tehidy 1908 (Tin & Copper disused)(OS LXIII 1908)