Stithians Place Names
By Ron Reed
| Place Names in the Parish of Stithians | |
| Cornish Name | Current Translation |
| Ayish | unknown meaning poss: corruption of dialect word arish, meaning stubble |
| Brook Villa | English |
| Burncorse | prob. bar an cos, top of the wood |
| Burnennor | prob. bar an meneth, top of the hill |
| Burntcoose | bron cos, wood hill or bar an cos, top of the wood |
| Carn | carn, rock-pile |
| Carn Rocks | carn, rock-pile, plus redundant English rock |
| Carn Vean | carn vean, small pile of rocks |
| Carnbeau | poss. carn, rock-pile, plus French beau pretty |
| Carncrees | poss. carn cres, middle tor |
| Carnmear | carn (v)meor, great pile of rocks (v mutates to m) |
| Carnsigda | carn + unknown second element |
| Carnsidia | same as above |
| Carnvollock | same as above |
| Carnwidden | prob. carn (g)wyn, white tor |
| Church Town | English |
| Coinorman | unknown meaning |
| Costport | English? |
| Crellow | poss. plural of crellas, old hut |
| Crellow Hill | see above |
| Croft And Davis | Engilsh croft plus personal name Davis |
| Crospost | English |
| East Road | English |
| Ennis | enys, island or remote place |
| Goonlaze | gun glas, blue downs |
| Goonvean | gun (b)vyan, small downs (b mutates to v) |
| Gribbes | poss. From English grebe |
| Gunglaze | gun glas, green downs |
| Gunvean | gun (b)vyan, small downs (b mutates to v) |
| Hendra | hen dra, old place |
| Herhess | unknown meaning |
| poss. from Kenwal, a Celtic personal name from the Brythonic name Cunoval. | |
| Kennall Vale | same as above plus English vale |
| Lansenmoth | unknown meaning |
| Lansenwith | poss. lans enwydh, valley of the ash trees (lans, lant and lanc often are the same as nant or nans) |
| Lansownich | unknown meaning |
| Little Plymouth | English |
| Londonwill | English |
| Lower Duan | unknown meaning |
| Menerdue | meneth du, black hill |
| Nancotha | nan coth a, diminutive of old valley |
| Nanpean | nans (b)(v)pyan (b mutates to v and later to p) |
| New Road | English |
| Ninnes | an enys, the isolated place |
| Nunpain | poss. same as Nanpean |
| Penbroath | pen + unknown second element |
| Penhalurick | pen hal lurek, top of cultivated ground on moor |
| Penhalvean | pen hale b(v)yan, little marsh end (b mutates to v) |
| Penhalveor | pen hale (m)veor, big marsh end (m mutates to v) |
| Penhalvior East | same as above |
| Penhalvior West | same as above |
| Penmenen | poss: same as below |
| Penmennor | pen meneth, hill-top |
| Polkanugga | pol kernogow, frog's pool |
| Pouhalvar | unknown first element + hal veor, great moor |
| Pouhalvar | same as above |
| Rennall | unknown meaning |
| Roseath | ros + heath, Cornish ros means heath, so English heath is not needed |
| Rosemanowas | ros + unknown second and third element |
| Rosmenowas | ros + unknown second and third element |
| Sewrah | res wrah, hag's ford |
| South Road | English |
| Sunny Corner | English |
| Taibilcock | poss. same as Trebilcock |
| The Vicarage | English |
| Tory | English? |
| Treatheague | tre + unknown second element |
| Trebarveth | tre bar (b)veth, farm on top of grave (b mutates to v) |
| Treboast | see below |
| Trebost | poss: tre (p)bost, dwelling with a column (p mutates to b) |
| Tregolls | tre goll, hazel farm |
| Tregoning | tre Gonan, Conan's farm |
| Tregoning Mill | tre Gonan, Conan's farm plus English mill |
| Tregonning | tre Gonan, Conan's farm |
| Tregost | tre (c)gos, farm of the wood (c mutates to g) |
| Tregost Ponsanooth | tre (c)gos, farm of the wood (c mutates to g) plus pons a noweth, the new bridge |
| Tregost Rennall | tre (c)gos, farm of the wood (c mutates to g) |
| Tregowls | tre goll, hazel farm |
| Trelespic | unknown meaning, unless a variant of Trelissick, tre Wlesyk, Gwledic's farm. |
| Trembroath | unknown meaning |
| Tremenhere | tre men hyr, homestead by the standing stone or long stone |
| Tresevern | tre + unknown second element |
| Tresevran | tre + unknown second element |
| Treskewes | tre skewys, homestead of a sheltered or shady place |
| Tretheague | tre + unknown second element |
| Trethegue | tre + unknown second element |
| Trevales | poss: tre (M)Vael, homestead of Mael (m mutates to v) |
| Trevales House | same as above |
| Treweek | tre (g)wyk, homestead at wood (g is dropped in mutation) |
| Trewence | see Trewince |
| Trewiege | tre + unknown second element |
| Trewince | tre (g)wyns, homestead in wind (g is dropped in mutation) |
| Trewithan | tre (g)wedhen, farm of trees (gw mutates to w) |
| Trewithen | tre (g)wedhen, farm of trees (gw mutates to w) |
| Tribilcock | tre bilgack, farm in place of heaps, or poss: tre-(p)byl-cok, homestead with cuckoo haunted hillock? (p mutates to b) |
| Tribilcocks | same as above |
| Trolvis | unknown meaning poss. tal (f)vos, opposite wall or opposite dyke |
| Trolvis (Stonemasons Arms) | unknown meaning poss. tal (f)vos, opposite wall or opposite dyke |
| Trolvis (Whitehouse Cottage) | unknown meaning poss. tal (f)vos, opposite wall or opposite dyke |
| Tubbin | poss. from tubban, a clod or sod of earth |
| Velandrucia | an (m)velyn droghya; the tucking mill, or an (m)velyn drucha; the mill with a solid wheel (m mutates to v) |
| Vicarage | English |
| Vilindruce | poss from an (m)velyn dres the mill beyond (m mutates to v) |
| Wheal Drucker | whel drucha; mine with a solid wheel |