Dinham (EN) / Dinan (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Minver Highlands
Hundred: 
Triggshire
Elements: 

dinan

Meaning: 
place of/little fort
Elements notes: 
<dinan> ‘place of fort’
Historic forms: 
Dinan 1131 (Gover, 1948) Dunan c1210 (Gover, 1948) Dynan 1287 (Gover, 1948) Dynan 1327 (Gover, 1948) Dynan 1381 (Gover, 1948) Dynam 1392 (Gover, 1948) Dynan 1427 (Gover, 1948) Dynnam 1444 (Gover, 1948)