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Gear, The
(EN)
/
An Ger
(KW)
Type:
Coastal Feature
Parish:
Penzance
Hundred:
Penwith
Notes:
offshore rock
Elements:
an
Meaning:
the
ker
Meaning:
fort
Elements notes:
<an> ‘the’ + <ker> ‘fort, enclosed farm’
Historic forms:
Geer 1748 (Pool, 1985) (Martyn, 1748) Gear, the 1974 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974) Gear, The (offshore rock) 1974 (OS 1974) Gear, The (offshore rock) 1995 (OS 1995)