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Keskeys
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Kerskeus
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
St Erth
Hundred:
Penwith
Elements:
ker
Meaning:
fort
skeus
Meaning:
shade, shadow
Elements notes:
ker 'fort, habitation round' + skeus 'shadow'
Historic forms:
Kaersches 1317, Caerskes 1363, Karskys 1370, Cuskease 1880.