Tremenheere (EN) / Tremenhir (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Ludgvan
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

menhir

Meaning: 
long stone, standing stone

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
Tre ‘farm, settlement’ + menhir ‘long stone, standing stone’
Historic forms: 
Tremenhyr 1287, Tremynhyr 1295, Tremeynhir 1327, Tremaenhir 1317, 1338, Tremenhyre c1500, Tremaynhyre 1570, Tremenhere 1755