Gillywartha (EN) / An Gilen Wartha (KW)

Type: 
Hundred: 
Elements: 

an

Meaning: 
the

gwartha

Meaning: 
higher

kilen

Meaning: 
nook
Elements notes: 
<an> ‘the’ + <kilen> ‘little nook’ {<kil> ‘nook’ + <-en> diminutive suffix} + <gwartha> 'higher'
Historic forms: 
Gilly wartha 1841 (tenement) (CRO, TA/5, 1841) Gillenwartha 1884 (farm) (Symons, 1884)