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Chigorgwydn
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Type:
Settlement
Parish:
St Ives
Hundred:
Penwith
Elements:
chi
Meaning:
house
Gorgwydn
This refers to the name of a person:
name
Elements notes:
<chi> ‘house’ + <Gorgwydn> Personal Name {<gour> ‘man’ + <gwydn> ‘holy, white, fair’}
Historic forms:
Chigurgwyn 1324 (Gover, 1948) Great Chegwidden 1841 (at Boskerris Woolas)(CRO, TA/120, No.181, 1841) Little Chegwidden 1841 (at Boskerris Woolas)(CRO, TA/120, No.184, 1841) Chygwidden 1908 (OS, 6”, 1908)