Boswedden (EN) / Boswedn (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Just
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
Amended from Boswydn to Boswedn
Elements: 

bos

Meaning: 
dwelling

gwydn

Meaning: 
white
Elements notes: 
bos 'dwelling' + gwydn 'white, blessed'
Historic forms: 
Boswen 1302, 1314, 1327, 1340, 1355, 1552, 1558. Bosswen 1589, 1732. Buswedden 1641. Boswidden 1837.