Raftra (EN) / Raktra (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Levan
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

rag

Meaning: 
for

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
rag 'fore' + tre 'farmstead, settlement'
Historic forms: 
Raghtre 1302, 1339, 1428, Rattra 1327, Rafftra 1550, Rafttree 1560, Raftra 1634, 1657, Raftre 1657, Roughton 1699, Raughtra c1870