Demelza (EN) / Dinmelsa (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Wenn
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

din

Meaning: 
fort, castle

Melsa

This refers to the name of a person: 
name
Elements notes: 
<din> 'fort, hill-fort' + <Melsa> British personal name Mælda {<maglos> ‘mæl’ + ?<daf> obscure}
Historic forms: 
Dynmaelda 1309, Dynmalsa 1342, Dymelsa 1356.