Black Head (EN) / Penn Du (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
St Austell
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

du

Meaning: 
black

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
EMF OWS<blæc> ‘black’ + OWS<héafod> ‘head’ECF: <penn> ‘headland, head, end’ + <du> ‘black’
Historic forms: 
Blake Hedd c.1540 (Padel, 1988, citing from c.1540) (Bond, 2009) Blak-Hed c.1540 (Padel, 1988, citing from c.1540) (Bond, 2009) The Blackhead 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Blackhead, c.1835 (*CRO, AD266, c.1835) (Bond, 2009) The Black Head 1856 (OS 1856) Black Head 1888 (OS 1888) Black Head 1972 (site of cliff castle)(CA 11, 1972, p74) Black Head 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Black Head 1884 (coastal promontory and farm)(Symons, 1884) Black Head 2014 (OS 2014)