Gewans Eastern Shaft (EN) / Shafta an Gewan Est (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
St Austell
Hundred: 
Powder
Notes: 
part of South Polmear Mine
Elements: 

-an

Meaning: 
place suffix

an

Meaning: 
the

est

Meaning: 
east

kew

Meaning: 
enclosure, close

shafta

Meaning: 
shaft (mine)
Elements notes: 
<shafta> 'shaft' + <an> 'the' + <kew> 'enclosure' + <-an> place suffix + <est> 'east'
Historic forms: 
Gewens Eastern Shaft 1888 (OS 1888)