Crousa Downs (EN) / Goon Krowswragh (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

goon

Meaning: 
downs

gwragh

Meaning: 
wrasse

krows

Meaning: 
cross
Elements notes: 
<goon> 'downs' + <krows> ‘cross’ + <gwragh> ‘hag, crone, witch’
Historic forms: 
Crowsa Downs 1757 (Gover, 1948) Crousa Downs 1908 (OS, 1908) Crowza Down1935 (Henderson, 1935, p196) Crousa Downs 1948 (Gover, 1948) Crousa Downs1968 (CA 7, 1968, p105) Crousa Downs 1974 (OS, 1974) Crousa Downs 2016 (OS, 2016)