De Lün, whetegves mis Efen
Monday, 16th June
Ew da genowgh levrow gen Daphne du Maurier? Hei a veu awenys gen Kernow ha hy chei ogas dhe Tywardreath. Hei a scrifas "The House on the Beach", saw eus chei war an treth? En Kernowek coth "ti" o moy avel chei. En Oos Cres "ti" o maner hag oll y dir. "Ti" a dreylyas dhe "chi" rag treven kebmyn saw na rag maners a bris. Whath o anjei "Ti" po "Ty" rag roweth.
Kevys ew "Treth" en lies hanow telher. Nag ew "Beach" an üdn menyng. Terweythyow an styr ew "ferry". Terweythyow ma va ow menya "farm" dhe nebonan.
Do you like books by Daphne du Maurier? She was inspired by Cornwall and her house near Tywardreath. She wrote "The House on the Strand", but is there a house on the beach? In Old Cornish "ti" was more than a house. In the Middle Ages "ti" was a manor and all its land. "Ti" changed to "chi" for common houses, but not for the important manors. They were still "Ti" or "Ty" for prestige.
"Treth" is found in many place names. "Beach" is not the only meaning. Sometimes the meaning is "ferry". Sometimes it means somebody's "farm".
TYWARDREATH Tiwardreth “manorial centre at a beach” (Tywardrait c1150)
TYWARNHAYLE Tiwar’nheyl “manorial centre by tidal flats”
TEHIDY Tihydyn “?Hydin’s manor” (Tihidin c1120)
TRETHEVEY (St Mabyn) Tiwarduy “manorial centre on the Dewey river” (Tiwardeui 1201)
DEGEMBRIS Ticambres “Cambret’s manor” (Tykambret n.d.)
TYBESTA Tibesta (Tibesteu in Domesday Book 1086)
PORTREATH Por’ Treth “sand cove”
PENHALE SANDS and PERRANZABULOE : Peran Treth "St Piran's sand" (Peran Treth c1600)
PENTREATH Pentreth “head of a beach” (Also a famous surname)
TREATH Treth “ferry passage”
HELFORD PASSAGE Treth Heyl “ferry to Helford” (Haylford Treath n.d.)
TRETHEVY (St Cleer) Tredhewy “Dewi’s farm” (Trethewy 1284)
TRETHEVY (S. Petherwin) Tredhewy “Dewi’s farm” (Trethewy 1332)
TRETHEVY (Tintagel) Tredhewy “Dewi’s farm” (Trethewy 1306)
Dewi was a popular personal name, in at least ten place names.
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