Pennance (EN) / Pennans (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Zennor
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

nans

Meaning: 
valley

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
penn 'head, top, end' + nans 'valley'
Historic forms: 
Pennans 1327, 1334, Pennance 1768; Pinance 1821; Pennance 1842; Pennance 1884