Pencarrow (EN) / Pennkarow (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Austell Bay
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

karow

Meaning: 
stag

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘head, end’ + <karow> ‘stag’
Historic forms: 
Pencarrou ?1206 Pencarrou 1296 Pencarou 1304 Pencarou 1338 Pencarroe 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Pencarro 1856 (OS 1856) Pencarrow 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Pencarrow 2015 (CC Mapping, 2015)