Polrudden (EN) / Pollreden (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Pentewan Valley
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

poll

Meaning: 
pool

reden

Meaning: 
ferns, bracken
Elements notes: 
<poll> ‘pool, creek, cove, pit’ + <reden> ‘bracken, ferns’
Historic forms: 
Polruden 1296 Polreden 1321 John de Pelreden 1341 (NA CF/2/215/14) Polreden 1472 Polruden 1338 Polryden 1338 Polrudan 1403 Polraddon 1856 (OS 1856) Polruddan 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Polruddon [settlement] 1888 (OS 1888) Polruddon Cove 1888 (OS 1888) Polrudden Farm 2014 (OS 2014) Polrudden Cove 2014 (OS 2014)