Little Wrea (EN) / An Wragh Vyghan (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

an

Meaning: 
the

byghan

Meaning: 
little

gwragh

Meaning: 
wrasse
Elements notes: 
<an> ‘the’ + <gwragh> ‘hag, crone, witch’ + <byghan> ‘little'
Historic forms: 
Lit. Wrea 1813 (Weatherhill) Little Wrea 1851 (Weatherhill) Little Wrea 1866 (Weatherhill) Little Wrea 1908 (OS, 1908) Little Wrea 2016 (OS, 2016)