Black Head [farm] (EN) / Penndu (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Austell Bay
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, Blak Hed c1540.