Gunheath (downs) (EN) / Goon Hedh (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
St Austell
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

goon

Meaning: 
downs

hedh

Meaning: 
stag
Elements notes: 
<goon> ‘down’ + <hedh> ‘stag’
Historic forms: 
Goenheth 1310 Goynhuth 1334 Gonheth 1388 Gunheath 1591 (Manor of Treverbyn Courtnay Survey, 1591) Goonheath 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Gonheath 1856 (OS 1856) Gunheath (SW 99 56) 2014 (OS 2014)