Place Names 1
Many
place names contain landscape features. Over the course of time you can see
that some of them have become more unrecognisable than others!
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Gannel (Ganal Creek 1748)
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the channel
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Golitha Falls (Goletha
C19)
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cataract
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Gaverigan (Govergwyn 1302)
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white stream
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Goverseth
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dry stream
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Polyphant (Polefant c1170)
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toad pool
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Polpry Cove (Polprie 1582)
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clay pit cove
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Polmenna (Polmena 1627)
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hillside pool
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Lynher (Lyner c1120-1669)
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lake-like river
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Chyvellan
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mill house
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Gwealmellin
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mill field
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Lamellyn
(Nansmelyn1296)
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mill
valley
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Cargloth (Cargluthan1432)
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fort by a small ditch
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Cleese (Cleys 1420)
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ditch
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Pitsmingle
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quarry pits
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Ponsonjoppa
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bridge at the workshop
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Wheal Bal (Whele an Bal
1780)
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mine works at the diggings
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Balrose (Balrosa 1571)
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diggings with (water)
wheels
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Barncoose (Broncoos)
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wood hill
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St Agnes (Breanek
1420-1499)
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Agnes’s hill
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