Place Names 3
Here
are some place names containing some agricultural and other landscape features:
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Porthcew
(Porthcue
Cove 1813)
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enclosure/paddock
cove
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Gew
(Kew
1456)
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enclosure,
paddock, hollow
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Parkengew
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field
of the enclosure
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Treyew
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Some of New County Hall in
Truro occupies Treyew Farm land, presumably a farm with an enclosure.
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Skyburriowe
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barns
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Wheal
Vor
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road
mine
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Polhawn
Cove
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haven
cove
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Hellangove
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the
smith’s hall
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Trengove
(Trengof
1303)
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the
smith’s farm
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Castle
Goff
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smith’s
castle
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Hornick
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iron-like
(soil?)
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Pol Cornic
(Polhorneck
1841)
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iron
ore cove
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Castle Horneck
(Castelhornek
1335)
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iron-like
castle
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Hendra
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home
farm
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Hendravossan
(Hendrefosen
1479)
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home
farm at a little wall/bank
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Hendraburnick
(Hendrebrunnek
1296)
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home
farm by a rush-bed
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Crowgey
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hut
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Croanford
(Crowen
1302)
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small
hut
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Colgrease
(Crowgres
1498)
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middle
hut
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Roskrow
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roughland
with a hut
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Roscrowgey
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uncultivated
valley with a hut
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Carines
(Crowarthenys
1398)
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hut
by detached land
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Pont
(Old Cornish)
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bridge
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Poniou
(Ponjou
c1841)
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bridges
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Ponsanooth
(Ponsanwoth
1613)
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bridge
at the stream
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Penponds
(Penpons
1252)
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end
of a bridge
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Bowgyheere
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long
cow-shed
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Laity
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dairy
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Rescorla
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hillspur
with a stock pen
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Clodgy Point
(Cloygva
1580)
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place
of a lazar-house
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