Goldherring [modern settlement] (EN) / Gwelleuren (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Sancreed
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

gwel

Meaning: 
open field

leuren

Meaning: 
lynchet, terrace
Elements notes: 
<gwel> ‘open field’ + <leuren> ‘lynchet, terrace’ [Note: Breton for 'terrace' = leurenn (f.) -ou. (Delaporte, 1995)]
Historic forms: 
Goldherring 1842 (CRO, TA/255, 1842) (Pool, 1985) (Bond, 2009) Goldherring Aft.1850 (NA BL/8/18) Goldherring (Site of Smelting Works) 1888 (OS, 1888) Goldherring (Site of Smelting Works) 1908 (OS, 1908)