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Gillywartha
(EN)
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An Gilen Wartha
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
St Anthony-in-Meneage
Hundred:
Kerrier
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)