Polwithen (EN) / Pollgwedhen (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Penzance
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
Amended from Pollgwythen to Pollgwedhen
Elements: 

gwedhen

Meaning: 
tree

poll

Meaning: 
pool
Elements notes: 
<poll> ‘pool, pit’ + <gwedhen> ‘tree’
Historic forms: 
Polwithen 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009)