Cargenwen [Farm] (EN) / Kargenwenn (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Crowan
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

kar

Meaning: 
fort

Kenwenn

This refers to the name of a person: 
name
Meaning: 
female name
Elements notes: 
<kar> 'hill fort' + <Kenwenn> Female personal name {<ken> + <gwenn> = <cuno> 'hound' + <winda^> 'fair, holy, white'}
Historic forms: 
Karkenwen 1201 (Gover, 1948) Cargenwyn wartha 1375 (Gover, 1948) Cargenwyn woles 1375 (Gover, 1948) Kargenwyn 1458 (Gover, 1948) Cargenvyn 1458 (Gover, 1948) Carnegynfyn 1475 (Gover, 1948) Curgenven 1630-1808 (surname in Stratford)(Wilt Hist Centre) Thomas Curgenven c.1690 (Wells, England)(NA/D/1/18/25/82) Thomas Curgenven 1690 (rector of Orcheston St. George, Eng)(NA/D/1/18/25/83) John Curgenven 1715-1779 (of Higher Bodiniel)(CRO/X 793/82) Richard Curgenven 1713 (Caerhayes)(Surnamedb) John Cargenven 1722 (of Lelant)(Surnamedb) Peter Curgenven 1729 (of Soho Square, Middlesex)(NA/PROB 11/631/39) Frances Curgenven 1730 (of Soho Square, Middlesex)(NA/C 11/1483/17) Peter Curgenven 1730 (merchant deceased of Fort St George, East Indies)(NA/C 11/1483/17) Rich. Curgenven 1731 (of Carhays, yeoman)(CRO/G/303) Benjamin Curgenuen 1736 (Lelant)(Surnamedb) Wm. Curgenven 1744 (of Lelant, yeo.)(CRO/WH/1/3561) Peter Curgenven 1746 (butcher of Mevagissey)(CRO/CN/3018) John Curgenven 1747 (the elder of Lelant, yeoman)(CRO/ARD/166/48/1-6) John Curgenven of Ludgvan 1751 (CRO/GP619/1-2) William Curgenven 1784 (gamekeeper @ Lamorran)(CRO/QS/1/4/19R) Cargenwen Downs 1792 (Crowan)(CRO/GR/85(a)) Carginning 1796 (CRO, AD1709/1, 1796) Lower Carginning 1796 (CRO, AD1709/1, 1796) Jn Curgenven 1800 (CRO/CN/1700/3) Corgenvin 1806 (Devon)(Surnamedb) Cargenwen 1814 (CRO/WH/1/5881) Unitha Kerginwin 1830 (Buckfastleigh, Devon)(Surnamedb) Cargenwen c.1840 [TA 2914] (CA 15, 1976, p92, citing from TA, c.1840) Higher Cargenwen 1841 (CRO, TA/42, 1841) Lower Cargenwen 1841 (tenement)(CRO, TA/42, 1841) Cargenwen 1861 (tenement leased by the Reverend Hender Molesworth St Aubyn to Joseph Symons in 1857, and following the death of Joseph Symons on the 31st of December 1860, lease was assigned by Thomas Symons to Joseph Dennis of Troon, Camborne in 1861)(CRO, GHW/3/1/2, 1861) Higher Cargenwen 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884) Lower Cargenwen 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884) Cargenwen Farm 2003 (OS, 1:25000, 2003) Higher Cargenwen 2003 (OS, 1:25000, 2003) Lower Cargenwen 2003 (OS, 1:25000, 2003)